Kapingu Surname
Approximately 2,025 people bear this surname
Kapingu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,316 | 1:40,229 | 4,605 |
| DR Congo | 616 | 1:119,934 | 13,059 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kapingu (88) may also be a first name.
Kapingu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapingu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapingu is most common in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapingu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kapingu is the 205,021st most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,598,788 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapingu are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kapingu is also the 1,017,994th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 88 people.
The last name Kapingu is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,316 people, or 1 in 40,229. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tabora Region, where 24 percent live, Songwe Region, where 18 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 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 Kapingu
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