Caprivi Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Caprivi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caprivi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia531:45,4605,805
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Caprivi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Caprivi is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Caprivi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,580,327th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Caprivi occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Caprivi live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Caprivi is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 45,460. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Zambezi Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coprivi861/
Coprivich751/
Copriva71137/
Kaprive7150/
Kapriva7112/
Kaprieva6757/
Copreive6711/
Coprivez672/
Coprevich6315/
Koprivich6313/
Kaprevich631/
Kasprevich5911/
Kopriva571,603/
Koprivá572/
Kapriwa570/
Kopriver5327/
Zapreeva5314/
Kapreeva536/
Koprieva532/
Tsapriwe531/
Koppriva531/
Kopreiva530/
Koprivetz5012/
Koprivecz5010/
Koprivech507/
Kouprieva501/
Coopriber501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Caprivi
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