Kapwaya Surname
Approximately 1,025 people bear this surname
Kapwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 894 | 1:17,729 | 1,987 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kapwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapwaya is found most frequently in Zambia. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 354,857th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 7,109,801 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapwaya live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 894 people, or 1 in 17,729. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 41 percent live, Central Province, where 39 percent live and Southern Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapway | 92 | 27 | / |
| Kapweya | 86 | 641 | / |
| Kabwaya | 86 | 627 | / |
| Kapwaye | 86 | 447 | / |
| Kapwayi | 86 | 48 | / |
| Kapuaya | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kapwoya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapwaia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaphway | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapwiya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kampwaye | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kampweya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kampuaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khapwoya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kabwuaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kabway | 77 | 82 | / |
| Kapwai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Capway | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kabuaya | 71 | 1,617 | / |
| Kabwayi | 71 | 548 | / |
| Kabwoya | 71 | 297 | / |
| Kabweya | 71 | 125 | / |
| Kapuayi | 71 | 48 | / |
| Kabwaja | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kaipwai | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kabwiya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kapwija | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kavwayi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kabwaye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kabwayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapweye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kabwaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaivway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kampwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaphwiyo | 67 | 579 | / |
| Khabwoya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Khabwayi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kabwehya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khopwaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khabbaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koubwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khavwaja | 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
- 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 Kapwaya
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