Kapuwe Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Kapuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 405 | 1:39,136 | 3,905 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kapuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapuwe is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapuwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 702,422nd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,392,711 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapuwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kapuwe is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 405 people, or 1 in 39,136. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 42 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent live and Central Province, where 25 percent live. Not including Zambia Kapuwe is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapfuwe | 92 | 8 | / |
| Kapuswe | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kapuw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kapuwa | 83 | 406 | / |
| Kappuw | 83 | 126 | / |
| Kapowe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Kapiwe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kapouw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kajpuw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kapfuwa | 77 | 89 | / |
| Kapuwai | 77 | 26 | / |
| Khapuwa | 77 | 20 | / |
| Kaphuwa | 77 | 17 | / |
| Khapiwe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kapoube | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kapeuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapowei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapuwha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaapuwai | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kopeuw | 67 | 62 | / |
| Kopowe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Kopouw | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kapive | 67 | 2 | / |
| Capiwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapuvi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapowi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cajpuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapowai | 62 | 10 | / |
| Kapfuva | 62 | 7 | / |
| Kapuvai | 62 | 6 | / |
| Kepuwai | 62 | 4 | / |
| Kapuiva | 62 | 1 | / |
| Capuiver | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kapivi | 50 | 33 | / |
| Kopowi | 50 | 19 | / |
| Kopoew | 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 Kapuwe
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