Kapangala Surname

233,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kapangala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapangala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8051:65,7666,960
DR Congo7051:104,79411,642
Zambia2111:75,1186,452
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Kapangala (432) may also be a first name.

Kapangala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapangala is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapangala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 233,514th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,219,772 people. The last name Kapangala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapangala reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 412,918th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 432 people.

Kapangala is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 805 people, or 1 in 65,766. In Tanzania Kapangala is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 59 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 40 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 41 percent live and Zambia, where 12 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
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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 Kapangala
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