Kapungwe Surname
Approximately 13,625 people bear this surname
Kapungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 7,459 | 1:2,125 | 293 |
| DR Congo | 6,157 | 1:11,999 | 1,488 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kapungwe (786) may also be a first name.
Kapungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapungwe is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapungwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,599th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 534,866 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapungwe are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 292,462nd most common first name globally. It is borne by 786 people.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 7,459 people, or 1 in 2,125. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Luapula Province, where 48 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Kapungwe is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 45 percent reside and England, where 0 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 Kapungwe
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