Kapeka Surname
Approximately 673 people bear this surname
Kapeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zambia | 148 | 1:107,094 | 8,406 |
| Namibia | 27 | 1:89,237 | 8,105 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kapeka (47) may also be a first name.
Kapeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapeka (Russian: Капека) is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 491,715th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,828,449 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kapeka reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 47 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 309,120. Excluding The DR Congo it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 35 percent live and Zambia, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapeka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapeka in the Russian language | ||
| Капека | kapeka | - |
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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 Kapeka
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