Kapenya Surname
Approximately 979 people bear this surname
Kapenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 608 | 1:26,069 | 2,754 |
| DR Congo | 335 | 1:220,536 | 21,570 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kapenya (11) may also be a first name.
Kapenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapenya is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 367,731st most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,443,867 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapenya live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name Kapenya is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 608 people, or 1 in 26,069. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent live, Central Province, where 28 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Not including Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kapenya
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