Kapuk Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

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

Kapuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapuk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1031:79,16210,424
Indonesia771:1,717,522111,746
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kapuk (43) may also be a first name.

Kapuk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapuk (Russian: Капук) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kapuk.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapuk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,121,821st most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Kapuk occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Kapuk reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 43 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 79,162. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 42 percent reside, West New Britain, where 22 percent reside and Central, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Kapuk exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 36 percent reside and Turkey, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapuke915/
Kapusk912/
Khapuk912/
Kapauk911/
Kapuuk911/
Kappuk911/
Kapukh911/
Kapucık836/
Kaipuke835/
Kashpuk832/
Kapuike832/
Kaphauk831/
Kappuck831/
Kapouke831/
Kaupauk831/
Kopuk801,293/
Kapok80424/
Capuk8019/
Kepuk8014/
Kapug8011/
Kapuc801/
Kapuq801/
Kapux801/
Kapukova7727/
Khapok7395/
Kaipok7363/
Capuke7325/
Kapook739/
Kepukh731/
Kaputq731/
Kopouk731/
Kuipuk731/
Capuks731/
Kapukhova716/
Kappock6756/
Kapoock6748/
Kaupaug672/
Kapucsh671/
Koputke670/
Kopukke670/
Cappuck670/

Kapuk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kapuk in the Russian language
Капукkapuk-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kapuk
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis