Kapapi Surname
Approximately 861 people bear this surname
Kapapi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 655 | 1:24,198 | 2,591 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kapapi (51) may also be a first name.
Kapapi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapapi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapapi is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapapi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 406,613th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,464,049 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kapapi reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 51 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 655 people, or 1 in 24,198. In Zambia Kapapi is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 36 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent live and Northern Province, where 20 percent live. Not including Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapaipi | 92 | 2,720 | / |
| Kapaipai | 86 | 52 | / |
| Kapaipii | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kapaipie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khapapai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaspapis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapapa | 83 | 10,327 | / |
| Kapape | 83 | 73 | / |
| Kapepi | 83 | 41 | / |
| Kapopi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Capapi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kapapy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kepapi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koipapi | 77 | 350 | / |
| Kapaapa | 77 | 36 | / |
| Kapappa | 77 | 31 | / |
| Khopapi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Capapit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapaipa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapaipy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapaypa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koipapei | 71 | 128 | / |
| Kapoipoi | 71 | 54 | / |
| Kapuipui | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kappappa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kappapha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaipapai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapapaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapepe | 67 | 1,878 | / |
| Kapopa | 67 | 287 | / |
| Capape | 67 | 275 | / |
| Capapa | 67 | 217 | / |
| Kopapa | 67 | 96 | / |
| Kapope | 67 | 33 | / |
| Kopape | 67 | 28 | / |
| Capapé | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kapaipaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kapopí | 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 Kapapi
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