Kapiji Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Kapiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 307 | 1:51,628 | 4,839 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Kapiji (25) may also be a first name.
Kapiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapiji occurs most in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 839,220th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapiji reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name in the world, held by 25 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 51,628. In Zambia Kapiji is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 79 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 10 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 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 Kapiji
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