Kyap Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

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

Kyap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kyap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kyap (16) may also be a first name.

Kyap Last Name Facts

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

Kyap (Oriya: କଯ୍ାପ୍, Russian: Кяп) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kyap? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Kyap reside; 56 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kyap is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 16 people.

The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Kyap is most prevalent in: Western Highlands, where 93 percent live and National Capital District, where 7 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea Kyap is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kyape8943/
Khyap891/
Kyapp891/
Kaiyap8020/
Kayyap8014/
Kuiyap806/
Keuyap802/
Kiap753,472/
Kyab7561/
Kaiyape73139/
Kaiyaph731/
Kiape67191/
Khyab6745/
Kiapp6720/
Kyope678/
Kiadp672/
Kijap671/
Ke'ap671/
Khiap671/
Keapp670/
Keapf670/

Kyap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kyap in the Oriya language
କଯ୍ାପ୍kayap-
Kyap in the Russian language
Кяпkap-

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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 Kyap
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