Kapoya Surname
Approximately 4,568 people bear this surname
Kapoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,762 | 1:19,638 | 2,482 |
| Zambia | 307 | 1:51,628 | 4,839 |
| Tanzania | 245 | 1:216,088 | 18,072 |
| Zimbabwe | 242 | 1:63,794 | 9,597 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kapoya (283) may also be a first name.
Kapoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapoya occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapoya? popularity and diffusion
Kapoya is the 103,018th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,595,347 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapoya live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kapoya is also the 526,385th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 283 people.
Kapoya is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,762 people, or 1 in 19,638. Other than The DR Congo this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 7 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 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 Kapoya
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