Nakapi Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

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

Nakapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Solomon Islands141:41,4318,080
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Nakapi (37) may also be a first name.

Nakapi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nakapi is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nakapi.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakapi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Nakapi are found; 85 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 42 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 37 people.

It is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Hela, where 79 percent are found, Enga, where 7 percent are found and New Ireland, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 42 percent are found and Uganda, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakhapi92131/
Nakaapi921/
Nakappi921/
Nakapit921/
Naekaepi8644/
Nakhaipi8619/
Nakaphit861/
Nakaphio861/
Nakappie861/
Nakhaphi861/
Nakapa83730/
Nakape8314/
Nekapi833/
Nakopi832/
Nokapi831/
Nakhaphio80217/
Nakhaaphi8020/
Nakhapa7792/
Nakapha776/
Nakappa775/
Nokapit773/
Naakapa773/
Nakopoi772/
Nakapaa772/
Naikapa771/
Nakophi771/
Ngakopi771/
Nokapei771/
Nokapai771/
Nacapui771/
Nakaipa771/
Nookapai7115/
Nakapaya7111/
Nakhophi714/
Nakkappa711/
Naikappa711/
Nacapa6770/
Nakopa6761/
Nakope6756/
Nokapa6710/
Nekepi679/
Nakepe676/
Nakaipaya674/
Nakeephai672/
Nokape671/

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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 Nakapi
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