Kapusu Surname
Approximately 765 people bear this surname
Kapusu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 566 | 1:28,003 | 2,917 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Kapusu (65) may also be a first name.
Kapusu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapusu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapusu occurs most in Zambia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapusu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 445,853rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,526,204 people. The last name Kapusu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapusu live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapusu is also the 1,212,820th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 65 people.
The surname Kapusu is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 566 people, or 1 in 28,003. In Zambia Kapusu is most frequent in: Western Province, where 47 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 29 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapussu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Kapushu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Kapuschu | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kapousou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapucu | 83 | 7,316 | / |
| Kapisu | 83 | 666 | / |
| Kepusu | 83 | 8 | / |
| Kaposu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Capusu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kapuju | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kapoutsou | 80 | 96 | / |
| Kapousouz | 80 | 57 | / |
| Kapushchu | 80 | 23 | / |
| Kapoussou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaiposu | 77 | 14 | / |
| Kaputcu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kopushu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Capussu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Koputsu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Koppusu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kopuscu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kopuschu | 71 | 196 | / |
| Kgopushu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kopushchu | 67 | 128 | / |
| Capuxu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kapozu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kopuju | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kopucu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapoutchou | 63 | 6 | / |
| Capugiu | 62 | 31 | / |
| Capuchu | 62 | 22 | / |
| Koppuju | 62 | 10 | / |
| Kopossu | 62 | 2 | / |
| Capuzzu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Koipisu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Caputcu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kaposiua | 57 | 1 | / |
| Koupouzou | 53 | 4 | / |
| Capozu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kapusu
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