Kapenge Surname

315,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kapenge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapenge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,0121:73,0048,523
Zambia1301:121,9229,272
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kapenge (29) may also be a first name.

Kapenge Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapenge occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapenge? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 315,551st most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,129,139 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapenge are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 85 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kapenge is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.

The surname Kapenge is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,012 people, or 1 in 73,004. Beside The DR Congo this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 11 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 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
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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 Kapenge
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