Kapua
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kəpjuə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kapua is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ka (“the”) + pua (“flower; child”). Also a short form of compound names beginning with Kapua-.
- USUnited States1 in 2.8M(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 11 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.8M (inferred from the name graph)
120 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
ka (“the”) + pua (“flower; child”). Also a short form of compound names beginning with Kapua-.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kapua counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 120 | 1 in 2.8M | 120 | Kapua | 11 |
| TV Tuvalu | — | — | 5 | — | — |
| CK Cook Islands | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| CL Chile | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
120 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; The article provides insights into Tuvaluan surnames, their meanings, and cultural significance, published by the Tuvalu; Cook Islands Electoral Rolls (2022 General Election + 2024 Pa Enua); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kapua is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pzh, blanket, coverlet, quilt; sleeping mattress; cotton
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Hawaiian, a female or male given name from Hawaiian
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, inflection of kavuta:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In map-pro, silk cotton, kapok
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In uun, blanket, quilt
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Māori, cloud
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 120 | #139,228 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 119 | #142,788 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 103 | #147,095 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kapua mean, and where does it come from?
- ka (“the”) + pua (“flower; child”). Also a short form of compound names beginning with Kapua-. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Kapua?
- A machine transcription gives /kəpjuə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kapua have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 120 people named Kapua, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kapua.
- Where is Kapua most common?
- Kapua is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.8 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kapua?
- In the United States, the national register counted 120 people named Kapua in 2010, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
What do you want to know about Kapua?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kapuaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kapua”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.