Kapembwa Surname

26,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,978 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapembwa Surname Definition:

Kapembwa is a surname of the Mambwe tribe, meaning: royal / Sacred hill.

Kapembwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia17,2221:920125
DR Congo1,7651:41,8585,132
Tanzania9401:56,3216,131
England231:2,422,52489,093
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Kapembwa (1,929) may also be a first name.

Kapembwa Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Kapembwa is a surname of the Mambwe tribe, meaning: royal / Sacred hill.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Kapembwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapembwa is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kapembwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapembwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 26,890th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,779 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapembwa are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 172,789th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,929 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 17,222 people, or 1 in 920. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Northern Province, where 49 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 15 percent are found. Besides Zambia Kapembwa exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapembwe88217/
Kapambwa8831/
Kapenbwa883/
Kapimbwa882/
Kapempwa881/
Kapembua881/
Kapimbua75189/
Kapompwa7568/
Kapimbwe759/
Kapampwa751/
Kapuembue7148/
Kapompua6321/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kapembwa
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