Kapolesa Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Kapolesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 73 | 1:217,122 | 13,786 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kapolesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapolesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapolesa is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapolesa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,152,526th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname Kapolesa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kapolesa live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kapolesa is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 217,122. In Zambia Kapolesa is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 63 percent live and Southern Province, where 36 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapelesa | 88 | 150 | / |
| Kapalesa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kapolosa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kapelesha | 82 | 3 | / |
| Kapolitsa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kapoulitsa | 78 | 20 | / |
| Kapolitsas | 78 | 2 | / |
| Kapalasa | 75 | 1,747 | / |
| Kapoloza | 75 | 183 | / |
| Kapulisa | 75 | 71 | / |
| Kapelisa | 75 | 34 | / |
| Kapolice | 75 | 16 | / |
| Kapoloso | 75 | 12 | / |
| Kapolisi | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kapelasa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kapulesi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kapoolse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kapalisa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kapoulitsas | 74 | 88 | / |
| Kapalasha | 71 | 55 | / |
| Kapalasah | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kapalisah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Capolossa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapulitsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapulisas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapalessy | 71 | 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 Kapolesa
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