Kapyata Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kapyata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapyata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania521:1,018,10845,504
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Kapyata Last Name Facts

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

Kapyata is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapyata? popularity and diffusion

Kapyata is the 1,637,889th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapyata are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 1,018,108. In Tanzania Kapyata is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapyaata936/
Kapiata8642/
Kapyate8630/
Kapyati864/
Kapiatau801/
Khapyate801/
Kapyatets752/
Kapiota7128/
Kapiati7114/
Kepiata717/
Capiatha6744/
Kapiotas6742/
Kaspiaty6724/
Kapougiati592/
Capiato57106/
Kopyoto5755/
Kopiati5717/
Capiati578/
Kapioto571/
Kapiotis5346/
Kapiotou535/
Caspiati534/
Kapiotti531/
Kapiottiz5014/

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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 Kapyata
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