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.
Kapu Demographics
Average Kapu Salary in
United States
$47,566 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapu (Bengali: কাপু, Hindi: कपू, Marathi: कपु, Oriya: କାପୁ, Russian: Капу) is found most frequently in India. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kapu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 50,219th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 712,858 people. This surname is mostly found 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 commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 5,608 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 5,434 people, or 1 in 141,160. In India it is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 67 percent are found, Telangana, where 24 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent are found. Not including India this surname is found in 48 countries. It also occurs 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 Kapu 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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