Kapenja Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Kapenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 300 | 1:176,472 | 15,403 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kapenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapenja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapenja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 849,693rd most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapenja live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kapenja is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 176,472. In Tanzania Kapenja is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 56 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 43 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapendja | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kapenya | 86 | 979 | / |
| Kapenji | 86 | 113 | / |
| Kapanja | 86 | 112 | / |
| Kapensa | 86 | 47 | / |
| Kapenza | 86 | 42 | / |
| Kaponja | 86 | 38 | / |
| Kapinja | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kapenje | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kapenhij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapenge | 71 | 1,189 | / |
| Kopanja | 71 | 932 | / |
| Kapinya | 71 | 452 | / |
| Kapania | 71 | 142 | / |
| Koponja | 71 | 86 | / |
| Kapinji | 71 | 59 | / |
| Kapenzo | 71 | 49 | / |
| Kapinha | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kopinja | 71 | 25 | / |
| Capenia | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kaponjo | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kapenye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kapinza | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kapinia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kaponia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Khatpinjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapanjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capenha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapinsha | 67 | 113 | / |
| Kaphonya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khaponya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gcapinja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphinji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaipenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapingia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kapenja
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