Kapopwe Surname
Approximately 541 people bear this surname
Kapopwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 349 | 1:45,415 | 4,381 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
Kapopwe (28) may also be a first name.
Kapopwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapopwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapopwe has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapopwe? popularity and diffusion
Kapopwe is the 580,291st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapopwe live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapopwe is also the 1,994,417th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 45,415. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 48 percent reside, Central Province, where 21 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent reside. Other than Zambia it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 35 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 Kapopwe
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