Kapinji Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Kapinji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 54 | 1:293,517 | 16,670 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kapinji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapinji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapinji is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapinji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,506,728th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. Kapinji is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapinji are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kapinji is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 293,517. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 67 percent live, North-Western Province, where 31 percent live and Southern Province, where 2 percent live. Excluding Zambia Kapinji is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapindji | 93 | 178 | / |
| Kaphinji | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kapenji | 86 | 113 | / |
| Kapingi | 86 | 64 | / |
| Kapinzi | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kapinja | 86 | 7 | / |
| Capinji | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapunji | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khatpinjai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kapingia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapinchi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapenzji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapinihi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapenja | 71 | 322 | / |
| Kapinye | 71 | 129 | / |
| Kapinge | 71 | 40 | / |
| Kopinja | 71 | 25 | / |
| Kapenje | 71 | 6 | / |
| Capingi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kapinza | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kopingi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Capinxi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kepenji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapinsha | 67 | 113 | / |
| Kapendje | 67 | 61 | / |
| Khatpinchai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gcapinja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapuinge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapinses | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapienze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapenhij | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kapinji
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