Kapesa Surname
Approximately 21,537 people bear this surname
Kapesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6,980 | 1:7,585 | 987 |
| DR Congo | 4,748 | 1:15,560 | 1,935 |
| Malawi | 4,339 | 1:3,945 | 541 |
| Zambia | 4,175 | 1:3,796 | 467 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,209 | 1:12,769 | 1,717 |
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Kapesa (893) may also be a first name.
Kapesa Demographics
Kapesa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kapesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapesa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 25,058th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 338,373 people. The surname Kapesa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapesa are found; 45 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 271,926th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 893 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 6,980 people, or 1 in 7,585. In Tanzania Kapesa is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 41 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 21 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and Malawi, where 20 percent live.
Kapesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kapesa last name is predominantly Christian (67%) in Kenya.
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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 Kapesa
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