Kapuas Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kapuas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapuas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1081:1,224,53086,214
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kapuas (25) may also be a first name.

Kapuas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kapuas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kapuas is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kapuas.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapuas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kapuas live; 88 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kapuas is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 25 people.

Kapuas is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,224,530. In Indonesia Kapuas is most frequent in: West Kalimantan, where 43 percent live, North Sulawesi, where 39 percent live and Central Kalimantan, where 13 percent live. Beside Indonesia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and Greece, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapwas831/
Cappuas771/
Kabwas671/
Kopuos671/
Kapwach6221/
Khabwas623/
Kabwash622/
Campuos621/
Khabuos621/
Kabbass621/
Khavwas621/
Khavvas621/
Kabwase621/
Kabboush5763/
Khabbass5710/
Kabbasch5710/
Khabbous572/
Kapuoche571/
Kabwaise571/
Khabbash571/
Kopuache571/
Kabboushh531/
Kovbas50786/
Kabwos5042/
Kavvos5030/
Cabbas506/
Qabbas501/
Copuos501/
Kabbos501/

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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 Kapuas
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