Kaposa Surname
Approximately 3,896 people bear this surname
Kaposa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,742 | 1:9,099 | 1,070 |
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| DR Congo | 807 | 1:91,548 | 10,387 |
| Tanzania | 238 | 1:222,444 | 18,495 |
| Zimbabwe | 90 | 1:171,536 | 20,949 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaposa (95) may also be a first name.
Kaposa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaposa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaposa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaposa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 118,051st most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,870,520 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaposa reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most frequent given name at a global level, held by 95 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,742 people, or 1 in 9,099. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent live, North-Western Province, where 22 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live. Not including Zambia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 21 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 Kaposa
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