Kapekesa Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Kapekesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 134 | 1:118,283 | 9,069 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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 also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapekesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kapekesa is the 1,315,412th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kapekesa are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 62 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 118,283. In Zambia Kapekesa is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 38 percent reside, Central Province, where 35 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Malawi, where 5 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 Kapekesa
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