Kapetja Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Kapetja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 316 | 1:7,625 | 1,473 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Kapetja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapetja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapetja is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapetja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 857,026th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname Kapetja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapetja live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 7,625. In Namibia Kapetja is most frequent in: Kunene Region, where 96 percent reside, Omusati Region, where 1 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Namibia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapeja | 92 | 869 | / |
| Kapetsa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kopetja | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kapedja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapejau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaphetsa | 80 | 288 | / |
| Kapesa | 77 | 21,537 | / |
| Kapeza | 77 | 172 | / |
| Kapija | 77 | 25 | / |
| Kapitza | 71 | 1,204 | / |
| Kapitsa | 71 | 893 | / |
| Kapytsa | 71 | 384 | / |
| Kapatia | 71 | 168 | / |
| Kopotja | 71 | 58 | / |
| Kapitia | 71 | 43 | / |
| Kapijaj | 71 | 31 | / |
| Kapijas | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kapeisa | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kapotia | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kapeica | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kapesah | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kapeesa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kapotya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kapedza | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khapesa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Capetia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kaphesa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kapitca | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khapija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapujja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kopejau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaperza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapuđija | 67 | 35 | / |
| Katpitia | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kapatyaa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kapahtia | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kapijasz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kapađija | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khopotja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaspijaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapattia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kappesas | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kapetja
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