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 is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaposhi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 430,251st most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 9,098,060 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kaposhi reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most widespread forename on earth, borne by 60 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 573 people, or 1 in 27,661. In Zambia it is most common in: North-Western Province, where 29 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 29 percent are found and Western Province, where 21 percent are found. Barring Zambia Kaposhi exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Albania, where 8 percent are found.
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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
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- 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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