Kapepala Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Kapepala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 395 | 1:40,126 | 3,962 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
Kapepala (24) may also be a first name.
Kapepala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapepala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapepala occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapepala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kapepala is the 658,434th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapepala reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kapepala is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 24 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 395 people, or 1 in 40,126. In Zambia Kapepala is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 72 percent are found, Central Province, where 17 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 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
- 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 Kapepala
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