Kapatwa Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapatwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kapatwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2051:360,38831,424
Zambia1081:146,75910,610
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kapatwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapatwa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapatwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 864,701st most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname Kapatwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapatwa live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Kapatwa is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 360,388. Beside The DR Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 34 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapotwa8621/
Kapatwe861/
Kapotwe716,157/
Kapottwe671/
Kapetua57194/
Kapotue574/
Capatuo571/
Kapadui571/
Kopotwe571/
Capatue571/
Kopotwo571/
Koppatui531/
Kapeitui531/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kapatwa
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