Kapalama Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kapalama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kapalama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapalama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapalama is most common in Tanzania. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapalama? popularity and diffusion
Kapalama is the 4,772,636th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kapalama live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kapalama is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania Kapalama is most prevalent in: Pwani Region, where 75 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 8 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapalamma | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kappalamma | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kapelama | 88 | 45 | / |
| Kapalame | 88 | 5 | / |
| Kapoloma | 75 | 500 | / |
| Kapelema | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kapalomo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koppalamath | 74 | 9 | / |
| Koopalame | 71 | 19 | / |
| Caspealami | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kapalama
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