Kapuku Surname

27,802nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kapuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kapuku Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo18,8401:3,921440
Zambia2261:70,1326,129
Tanzania1361:389,27727,871
Namibia541:44,6195,721
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
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Kapuku (852) may also be a first name.

Kapuku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kapuku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kapuku has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapuku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 27,802nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 376,851 people. The last name Kapuku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapuku reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kapuku is also the 279,236th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 852 people.

The last name Kapuku is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 18,840 people, or 1 in 3,921. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapukcu9221/
Kapfuku9217/
Kapukui928/
Kapukou921/
Kaipuku921/
Kapucu837,316/
Kapiku8386/
Kapoku8376/
Kappukuth804/
Kopukcu7719/
Kaputcu776/
Capoku6722/
Kopoku672/
Kopucu671/
Koppoku6251/
Kapikau623/
Caputcu621/
Kopuscu621/
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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 Kapuku
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