Kapwasha Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Kapwasha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 139 | 1:114,028 | 8,832 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kapwasha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapwasha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapwasha is most common in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapwasha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kapwasha live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 114,028. In Zambia it is most common in: Muchinga Province, where 62 percent reside, Northern Province, where 18 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Mozambique, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapwasa | 93 | 1,600 | / |
| Kapwesha | 88 | 41 | / |
| Kapwacha | 88 | 13 | / |
| Kabwasha | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kampwasa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kapwahsa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kapwatshi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kabwasa | 80 | 659 | / |
| Kapuasa | 80 | 69 | / |
| Kapwaza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapwasi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kabwesha | 75 | 496 | / |
| Kapwachi | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kabwashi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kapuassa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kapuesha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kapuashi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kabbasha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kabuasa | 67 | 670 | / |
| Kabwasi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kebwasa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kabwaza | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kapuasi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kabbasa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kabwase | 67 | 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
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- 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 Kapwasha
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