Kapobe Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Kapobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 351 | 1:45,156 | 4,363 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kapobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapobe is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kapobe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapobe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 684,148th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. The surname Kapobe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapobe are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 45,156. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 44 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kapobe
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