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 last name Kapopwe is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapopwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 580,291st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name Kapopwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapopwe live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 45,415. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 48 percent live, Central Province, where 21 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live.
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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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