Kapeye Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Kapeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kapeye (13) may also be a first name.
Kapeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapeye has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapeye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Kapeye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapeye are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kapeye is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Barring The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 6 percent live and Malawi, 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 Kapeye
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