Kapwan Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Kapwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Kapwan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapwan is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapwan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Kapwan live; 93 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea Kapwan is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapuan8361/
Capwan834/
Kabwan833/
Kapwon831/
Kavwan831/
Kanpuan77323/
Kampuan77128/
Kaipuan773/
Kappuan773/
Kavwain771/
Kapwong771/
Kabwane771/
Kabwand771/
Khampuan71616/
Kamphuan7188/
Khabwang714/
Kabwaine713/
Kappuang711/
Capuan6788/
Qabwan6746/
Kapuanova6711/
Kabuan676/
Kobwan671/
Khappuang671/
Copwan670/
Capwon670/

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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 Kapwan
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