Kapingu Surname

205,021st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kapingu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapingu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,3161:40,2294,605
DR Congo6161:119,93413,059
Zimbabwe741:208,62523,867
Zambia121:1,320,82731,121
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

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 found most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapingu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 205,021st most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,598,788 people. It 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. It is also the 1,017,994th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 88 people.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,316 people, or 1 in 40,229. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Tabora Region, where 24 percent are found, Songwe Region, where 18 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapinu92101/
Kapinau863/
Kapinou861/
Kapengu861/
Kapengut8010/
Kapinusz803/
Kapenu7720/
Kapingautowa7441/
Kapynus711,985/
Koupinu7116/
Capinus7113/
Kapínus711/
Kopenu622/
Kopynus572/
Kapynoe571/
Copinus570/
Cappenghaus563/
Koupenou531/
Capenhout501/

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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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