Kapitango Surname

404,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kapitango Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapitango Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4831:32,8163,343
Namibia2681:8,9901,736
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Angola361:749,7002,649
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Botswana41:546,73222,624
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Kapitango (17) may also be a first name.

Kapitango Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kapitango Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kapitango is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapitango? popularity and diffusion

Kapitango is the 404,308th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,405,474 people. The surname Kapitango is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kapitango live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapitango is also the 2,694,839th most common first name on earth It is held by 17 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 483 people, or 1 in 32,816. In Zambia Kapitango is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 27 percent are found, Western Province, where 27 percent are found and Southern Province, where 22 percent are found. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 31 percent are found and 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kapitango
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