Kakapen Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Kakapen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Kakapen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakapen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kakapen is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakapen? popularity and diffusion
Kakapen is the 3,798,600th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Kakapen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kakapen are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 64 percent are found, West Region, where 32 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kakapen
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