Kapempe Surname

369,492nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 973 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapempe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapempe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia5391:29,4063,039
DR Congo4241:174,24417,772
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Kapempe (37) may also be a first name.

Kapempe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapempe is found most in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapempe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 369,492nd most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 7,489,770 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kapempe live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapempe is also the 1,688,769th most common first name worldwide, held by 37 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 539 people, or 1 in 29,406. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 57 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent are found. Beside Zambia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 44 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapemp9227/
Kapempa86328/
Kapompe8650/
Kapampe866/
Kapemph861/
Kapempha804/
Kaphempa801/
Kapemb776,364/
Kapebe7713/
Kapeve771/
Kapimpa71888/
Kapimpi71111/
Kapampi7127/
Kapompi713/
Kapeube711/
Kapebie711/
Kapimphi67392/
Kapimpha671/

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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 Kapempe
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