Kapur Surname

7,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73,965 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Kapur Surname User-submission:

Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh name of a clan in the Khatri community, whose ancestor is said to have been called Kapoor Chand. The derivation is from a personal name meaning 'camphor' (Sanskrit karpura).

Kapur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India65,2591:11,754968
United States2,3461:154,50115,826
England1,1721:47,5415,972
Saudi Arabia7951:38,8125,622
United Arab Emirates6801:13,4741,650
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Canada4851:75,9708,567
Indonesia2861:462,41038,282
Russia2421:595,55052,685
Bahrain2351:5,7391,064
Singapore1841:29,9331,124
Australia1771:152,51816,101
Kuwait1351:28,1533,584
Thailand1181:598,630101,799
Bosnia and Herzegovina1161:30,4864,729
Belarus1131:84,08013,311
Qatar1121:21,0542,246
Serbia991:72,1716,417
Germany891:904,55664,175
Israel641:133,71314,383
Pakistan581:3,080,06724,706
Papua New Guinea571:143,04819,694
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Kazakhstan491:360,86728,961
Malaysia441:670,32331,889
Switzerland341:241,55620,206
Uzbekistan331:937,24718,607
Northern Ireland301:61,5014,735
Ukraine241:1,896,779136,831
Tajikistan221:381,2132,820
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Nepal191:1,498,9987,199
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
France131:5,109,440259,941
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Scotland121:446,15118,166
China121:113,943,4645,994
Croatia121:352,38432,084
Turkey111:7,074,675122,870
Norway111:467,48139,375
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Wales61:515,75523,171
Panama51:782,45211,059
Oman41:921,9937,313
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612

Kapur (29,449) may also be a first name.

Kapur Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh name of a clan in the Khatri community, whose ancestor is said to have been called Kapoor Chand. The derivation is from a personal name meaning 'camphor' (Sanskrit karpura).

- nitinkapoor

Kapur Last Name Facts

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

Kapur (Bengali: কাপুর, Georgian: კაფურ, Hindi: कपूर, Marathi: कपूर, Oriya: କପୁର, Russian: Капур, Tibetan: ཀ་པུར་) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kapur.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapur? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kapur is the 7,667th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 98,527 people. The last name Kapur is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Kapur live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kapur is also the 28,280th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 29,449 people.

Kapur is most frequent in India, where it is held by 65,259 people, or 1 in 11,754. In India it is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 38 percent are found, Haryana, where 21 percent are found and Delhi, where 8 percent are found. Other than India this last name is found in 97 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Kapur Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kapur surname is predominantly Muslim (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States Kapur are 7.61% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.84% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kapur earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.31% less than the national average, earning 293,096 kr per year; in United States they earn 40.96% more than the national average, earning $60,823 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.9% more than the national average, earning $71,495 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapure917,021/
Kapour9192/
Kapaur9137/
Kappur9130/
Kaipur9128/
Kahpur9113/
Kapuur9113/
Kaupur9110/
Kaputr917/
Kapurz917/
Khapur916/
Kapurr916/
Katpur913/
Kapusr913/
Kapurh912/
Kašpur912/
Kaşpur911/
Kaphur911/
Khappur8310,360/
Kapuire83147/
Kaspurz8338/
Kaypure8328/
Kaypour8326/
Kabpour8325/
Katpure8324/
Khapure8310/
Khazpur837/
Khapour835/
Kaiputr834/
Kajpour832/
Kahpure831/
Kajpure831/
Kazpour831/
Kaapure831/
Kapurre831/
Kaspure831/
Khaypur831/
Kahppur831/
Kapoure831/
Kapor802,271/
Kepur80198/
Capur8093/
Kopur8033/
Khazpour77324/
Kapurova7787/
Kapurová7749/
Khappour7737/
Khajjpur778/
Kashpurt775/
Kachpure772/
Khaspure771/
Khahpour771/
Khabpour771/
Kapoor73141,703/
Kaapor73946/
Kappor7399/
Qadpur7328/
Caphur7320/
Kopure7317/
Koppur7316/
Capgur7316/
Kaporr736/
Capure732/
Capour732/
Capuir731/
Caspur731/
Kotpur731/
Kepeur731/
Kobpur731/
Kepuir730/
Khapoor672,553/
Keipour67355/
Kappoor6748/
Keypour6744/
Kohpour6737/
Khepour6725/
Koupour6716/
Kapoore6711/
Caspour6711/
Qazpour677/
Kkapoor672/
Khopour671/
Qajpour671/
Koupeur671/
Kcapoor671/
Kapporr671/
Kodpure671/
Caphurt671/
Cahapur671/
Khaporh671/
Kaphoor671/
Keppour671/
Kaypoor671/
Kodpour671/
Caspaur670/

Kapur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kapur in the Georgian language
კაფურkapur-
Kapur in the Tibetan language
ཀ་པུར་kapur-
Kapur in the Hindi language
कपूरkapura96.31
कपुरkapura3.12
कापुरkapura0.03
कपूराkapura0.01
कापूरkapura0.01
कपूऱkapura0
कपूkapu0
Kapur in the Bengali language
কাপুরkapura87.5
কপুরkapura12.5
Kapur in the Oriya language
କପୁରkapura83.27
କାପୁରkapura10.57
କପୂରkapura3.52
କାପୂରkapura0.24
କପୁର୍kapur0.16
Kapur in the Marathi language
कपूरkapura64.49
कपुरkapura25.58
कापुरkapura5.17
कापूरkapura3.95
कनूरkanura0.14
Kapur in the Russian language
Капурkapur-

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