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 is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kaposa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaposa? popularity and diffusion
Kaposa is the 118,051st most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,870,520 people. The last name Kaposa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaposa live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kaposa is also the 974,243rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 95 people.
The surname Kaposa is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 1,742 people, or 1 in 9,099. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent live, North-Western Province, where 22 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live. Aside from Zambia this surname is found 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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