Kapepele Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapepele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kapepele Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1351:392,16027,960
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Zambia791:200,63213,107

Kapepele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapepele occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapepele? popularity and diffusion

Kapepele is the 887,624th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapepele live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 392,160. In Tanzania Kapepele is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 92 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 7 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Zambia, where 26 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapepela88144/
Kapapiele821/
Kapopole7523/
Keipopele71120/
Kopapeeli711/
Kapipila6321/
Kapapili634/
Kapapali633/
Capopale631/
Kapopoli631/
Khapapali591/
Kapapaali591/
Kappapali591/
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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 Kapepele
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