Kapwata Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kapwata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kapwata 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
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Zambia291:546,54923,344
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
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Kapwata Demographics

Average Kapwata Salary in
South Africa

R 629,604

Per year
Rank:
10,985 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000175861
Rank: 44,739 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
264.94%
Sample size: 7 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Kapwata Last Name Facts

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

Kapwata occurs most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kapwata.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapwata? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 885,573rd most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapwata are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Kapwata is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Beside Malawi this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.

Kapwata Last Name Statistics demography

Kapwata earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 164.94% more than the national average, earning R 629,604 per year.

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
Kabwata862,407/
Kapweta8634/
Kapuata8622/
Kapwati864/
Kabwatha80104/
Kabuata711,069/
Kabweta71146/
Kapweto7141/
Kabwati7128/
Kapueta7124/
Kabwato7123/
Kobwata7117/
Kapuate7117/
Kabwate7114/
Kavvata711/
Kavvatha6786/
Kabweita671/
Kabwaate671/
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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 Kapwata
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