Kapelenge Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Kapelenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 60 | 1:264,165 | 15,663 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kapelenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapelenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapelenge is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapelenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kapelenge is the 2,372,517th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapelenge reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 264,165. In Zambia it is most common in: Western Province, where 58 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 32 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent are found. Not including Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Kapelenge
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