Kapou Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Kapou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 112 | 1:72,801 | 9,515 |
| Greece | 97 | 1:114,225 | 19,199 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
Kapou (81) may also be a first name.
Kapou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapou is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,048,281st most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. Kapou is predominantly found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Kapou reside; 47 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 81 people.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 72,801. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West New Britain, where 47 percent live, West Sepik, where 27 percent live and New Ireland, where 12 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Kapou occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 41 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kapou
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