Kapupu Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kapupu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kapupu 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 Congo1711:432,04435,878
Zambia1151:137,82510,109
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Swaziland91:144,244719
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kapupu (31) may also be a first name.

Kapupu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapupu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapupu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kapupu is the 864,701st most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The last name Kapupu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapupu live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 31 people.

The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 37 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.

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
Khapupu9263/
Kapuipu9255/
Kapuepu921/
Kapuupu921/
Kapuipui864/
Kapipu838/
Kopupu831/
Capupus77103/
Capuput7712/
Capuspus7136/
Koppudpu7112/
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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 Kapupu
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