Kapembwe Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapembwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kapembwe 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
Zambia1511:104,9668,288
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kapembwe (17) may also be a first name.

Kapembwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapembwe is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapembwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,118,459th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapembwe reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kapembwe is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

Kapembwe is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 104,966. In Zambia Kapembwe is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 40 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent reside. Barring Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

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
Kapembw931/
Kapembwa8819,978/
Kapambwe8815,711/
Kapombwe8877/
Kapimbwe889/
Kapuembue8248/
Kappambwe821/
Kapambue75506/
Kapompwe75275/
Kapampwe7511/
Kapenbwa753/
Kapimbwa752/
Kapempwa751/
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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 Kapembwe
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