Kapansa Surname

158,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,757 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapansa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapansa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2,2111:7,169856
DR Congo5341:138,35114,711
England51:11,143,612252,590
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Kapansa (147) may also be a first name.

Kapansa Last Name Facts

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

Kapansa is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapansa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 158,439th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,643,288 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapansa are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kapansa is also the 760,591st most widespread first name on earth, borne by 147 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 2,211 people, or 1 in 7,169. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Luapula Province, where 37 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 31 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent are found. Not including Zambia Kapansa occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapansha93222/
Kapanza86395/
Kapanja86112/
Kapanca8663/
Kaponsa861/
Kapanso861/
Kapanse861/
Kapanshi8096/
Kapanzha806/
Kapansit804/
Kapanshe801/
Khapansi801/
Kaphansit751/
Kapange714,653/
Kopanja71932/
Kapanci71928/
Kapanji71773/
Kapanzi71184/
Kapanje71133/
Kapangi7199/
Capansi7159/
Caponsa711/
Kapamza711/
Kaponso711/
Kapanze711/
Kapanjo711/
Kopansy711/
Kepanza711/
Khapangi672,323/
Kapanzhi67359/
Kapandji6762/
Kapanzhy6757/
Khaphanchai671/
Casponsa671/
Capaanca671/
Kapamshi671/
Kapangie670/

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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 Kapansa
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