Kapambwa Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapambwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapambwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia181:880,55128,935
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Kapambwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapambwa is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapambwa? popularity and diffusion

Kapambwa is the 3,543,123rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapambwa reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 880,551. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 39 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 28 percent reside and Northern Province, where 28 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapembwa8819,978/
Kapambwe8815,711/
Kapampwa881/
Kappambwe821/
Kapambue75506/
Kapombwe7577/
Kapompwa7568/
Kapanbwe7522/
Kapampwe7511/
Kapempwa751/
Kapembua751/
Kapompwe63275/
Kapompua5021/

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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 Kapambwa
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