Kapekesa Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapekesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kapekesa 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
Zambia1341:118,2839,069
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kapekesa (62) may also be a first name.

Kapekesa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapekesa is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapekesa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kapekesa is the 1,315,412th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kapekesa live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most common given name world-wide It is held by 62 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 118,283. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 38 percent live, Central Province, where 35 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 25 percent live. Outside of Zambia Kapekesa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Malawi, where 5 percent live.

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
Kapakesa8810/
Kapakasa752,311/
Kapokosa75262/
Capekasa753/
Kapakisa751/
Kapikisha71139/
Kapakasha712/
Kapokoso63370/
Kapikisi634/
Kapakazo631/
Kaphokoso594/
Kopechessi562/
Capocasa50764/
Capacasa5029/
Kepakasa501/
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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 Kapekesa
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