Karpaya Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Karpaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karpaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1241:237,85713,554
Singapore131:423,66918,211
India51:153,413,076951,030
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Karpaya (30) may also be a first name.

Karpaya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karpaya (Marathi: करपया) is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karpaya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,471,719th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Karpaya live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequent given name internationally, held by 30 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 237,857. In Malaysia Karpaya is primarily found in: Selangor, where 31 percent live, Malacca, where 15 percent live and Kedah, where 12 percent live. Other than Malaysia Karpaya exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 9 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karpayah9349/
Karppaya932/
Karpay92186/
Kerpaya8614/
Karpiya866/
Korpaya862/
Carpaya862/
Karpeya861/
Karpaye861/
Karpaiy861/
Karpa834,268/
Karpy83153/
Karpaiah8013/
Karpoyah806/
Karpiyah802/
Kerpayah802/
Karpuyah801/
Karpeyah801/
Karpgiya801/
Karpgaye801/
Karpyi77569/
Karpey77441/
Carpay77269/
Karpha77214/
Karpiy77124/
Karpai7761/
Karppa7758/
Karpau7732/
Kharpa7717/
Karpoy779/
Karpea777/
Karpoa775/
Kahrpa774/
Carpaa773/
Karpae772/
Karpyz771/
Korpay771/
Karppaiah755/
Carpaye71752/
Karpysh71125/
Karpeah7114/
Karpoja717/
Karbpea717/
Karpysz715/
Karpytė715/
Karpait713/
Karpaie712/
Kharpai712/
Karpyts712/
Korpaye711/
Kerpeya711/
Karpiey711/
Carpayo711/
Karpija711/
Kerpayi711/
Karpe6724,261/
Korpa67672/
Karpi67510/
Carpy67468/
Carpa67313/
Karpeyus679/
Kárpa672/
Kharpiye672/
Kaharpea671/
Karpaitė671/
Kerpaiah671/
Karpuiah671/
Kharphai671/
Korpy671/

Karpaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karpaya in the Marathi language
करपयाkarapaya90.91
कपर्याkaparya9.09

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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 Karpaya
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