Kapalale Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kapalale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapalale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3061:173,01215,142
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479

Kapalale (28) may also be a first name.

Kapalale Last Name Facts

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

Kapalale is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapalale? popularity and diffusion

Kapalale is the 662,685th most frequently held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname Kapalale occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapalale live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name worldwide, held by 28 people.

The last name Kapalale is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 173,012. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tabora Region, where 92 percent live, Katavi Region, where 3 percent live and Geita Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.

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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 Kapalale
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