Kapu Surname
Approximately 10,223 people bear this surname
Kapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,434 | 1:141,160 | 8,996 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,162 | 1:7,017 | 491 |
| Turkey | 942 | 1:82,613 | 7,492 |
| Indonesia | 426 | 1:310,444 | 27,422 |
| South Africa | 387 | 1:139,994 | 16,127 |
| Zambia | 299 | 1:53,010 | 4,942 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| United States | 220 | 1:1,647,541 | 109,999 |
| Cameroon | 202 | 1:102,817 | 12,122 |
| Solomon Islands | 168 | 1:3,453 | 380 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Liberia | 107 | 1:41,201 | 3,786 |
| Hungary | 93 | 1:105,551 | 10,142 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kapu (5,608) may also be a first name.
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Kapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapu (Bengali: কাপু, Hindi: कपू, Marathi: कपु, Oriya: କାପୁ, Russian: Капу) is most common in India. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 50,219th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 712,858 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 65 percent of Kapu live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kapu is also the 89,438th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 5,608 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 5,434 people, or 1 in 141,160. In India it is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 67 percent are found, Telangana, where 24 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent are found. Aside from India it exists in 48 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and Turkey, where 9 percent are found.
Kapu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kapu surname are 23.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 77.08% registered with the political party.
The amount Kapu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.8% less than the national average, earning R 109,800 per year and in United States they earn 10.24% more than the national average, earning $47,566 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapu in the Oriya language | ||
| କାପୁ | kapu | 66.67 |
| କପୁ | kapu | 13.33 |
| କାପୁମାଝୀ | kapumajhi | 2.86 |
| କାପୁମୁମୁର୍ | kapumumur | 2.86 |
| କାପୂ | kapu | 1.9 |
| କପୂ | kapu | 0.95 |
| Kapu in the Hindi language | ||
| कपू | kapu | 65.72 |
| कपु | kapu | 28.98 |
| कापू | kapu | 3.18 |
| कापु | kapu | 1.77 |
| Kapu in the Bengali language | ||
| কাপু | kapu | 50 |
| কপু | kapu | 50 |
| Kapu in the Marathi language | ||
| कपु | kapu | 35.19 |
| कापु | kapu | 29.63 |
| कापू | kapu | 22.22 |
| कपू | kapu | 12.96 |
| Kapu in the Russian language | ||
| Капу | kapu | - |
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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 Kapu
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