Kaposhi Surname
Approximately 801 people bear this surname
Kaposhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 573 | 1:27,661 | 2,897 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Albania | 62 | 1:47,001 | 6,300 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Kaposhi (60) may also be a first name.
Kaposhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaposhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaposhi occurs most in Zambia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaposhi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kaposhi is the 430,251st most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 9,098,060 people. The surname Kaposhi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kaposhi live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 60 people.
The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 573 people, or 1 in 27,661. In Zambia it is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 29 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 29 percent reside and Western Province, where 21 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Albania, where 8 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 Kaposhi
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