Kapaza Surname
Approximately 512 people bear this surname
Kapaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kapaza (43) may also be a first name.
Kapaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapaza is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapaza? popularity and diffusion
Kapaza is the 605,571st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapaza are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 43 people.
It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Kapaza
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