Kapengele Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapengele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapengele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1391:114,0288,832
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kapengele (28) may also be a first name.

Kapengele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapengele occurs most in Zambia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapengele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,079,669th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapengele are found; 61 percent are found in Southern Africa and 61 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name on earth, held by 28 people.

The surname is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 114,028. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 35 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 34 percent live and Central Province, where 27 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 39 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khapengele951/
Kapengela89416/
Khapenjele8425/
Keapegile781/
Kapng'elio741/
Kapingili675/
Kapingila672/
Capienielli601/
Kapinili596/
Coppingle560/
Capinielli5311/

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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 Kapengele
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