Kapur Surname
Approximately 73,965 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 65,259 | 1:11,754 | 968 |
| United States | 2,346 | 1:154,501 | 15,826 |
| England | 1,172 | 1:47,541 | 5,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 795 | 1:38,812 | 5,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 680 | 1:13,474 | 1,650 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Canada | 485 | 1:75,970 | 8,567 |
| Indonesia | 286 | 1:462,410 | 38,282 |
| Russia | 242 | 1:595,550 | 52,685 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Singapore | 184 | 1:29,933 | 1,124 |
| Australia | 177 | 1:152,518 | 16,101 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Thailand | 118 | 1:598,630 | 101,799 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116 | 1:30,486 | 4,729 |
| Belarus | 113 | 1:84,080 | 13,311 |
| Qatar | 112 | 1:21,054 | 2,246 |
| Serbia | 99 | 1:72,171 | 6,417 |
| Germany | 89 | 1:904,556 | 64,175 |
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| Pakistan | 58 | 1:3,080,067 | 24,706 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Kazakhstan | 49 | 1:360,867 | 28,961 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Northern Ireland | 30 | 1:61,501 | 4,735 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Tajikistan | 22 | 1:381,213 | 2,820 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Nepal | 19 | 1:1,498,998 | 7,199 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Croatia | 12 | 1:352,384 | 32,084 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
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).
- nitinkapoorKapur Demographics
Average Male Kapur Height
174.05 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Kapur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapur in the Georgian language | ||
| კაფურ | kapur | - |
| Kapur in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་པུར་ | kapur | - |
| Kapur in the Hindi language | ||
| कपूर | kapura | 96.31 |
| कपुर | kapura | 3.12 |
| कापुर | kapura | 0.03 |
| कपूरा | kapura | 0.01 |
| कापूर | kapura | 0.01 |
| कपूऱ | kapura | 0 |
| कपू | kapu | 0 |
| Kapur in the Bengali language | ||
| কাপুর | kapura | 87.5 |
| কপুর | kapura | 12.5 |
| Kapur in the Oriya language | ||
| କପୁର | kapura | 83.27 |
| କାପୁର | kapura | 10.57 |
| କପୂର | kapura | 3.52 |
| କାପୂର | kapura | 0.24 |
| କପୁର୍ | kapur | 0.16 |
| Kapur in the Marathi language | ||
| कपूर | kapura | 64.49 |
| कपुर | kapura | 25.58 |
| कापुर | kapura | 5.17 |
| कापूर | kapura | 3.95 |
| कनूर | kanura | 0.14 |
| Kapur in the Russian language | ||
| Капур | kapur | - |
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