Kapene Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Kapene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 286 | 1:185,111 | 16,019 |
| New Zealand | 87 | 1:52,050 | 8,333 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kapene (13) may also be a first name.
Kapene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapene is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 641,055th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. The surname Kapene occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Kapene live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kapene is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
Kapene is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 185,111. In Tanzania Kapene is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 69 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 24 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 18 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 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
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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 Kapene
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