Kapwe Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Kapwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kapwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapwe is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kapwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapwe? popularity and diffusion
Kapwe is the 1,755,741st most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kapwe live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Excluding The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kampwe | 91 | 82 | / |
| Kapwet | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kapwed | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kapw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kabwe | 80 | 140,331 | / |
| Kopwe | 80 | 1,154 | / |
| Kapwa | 80 | 957 | / |
| Kapue | 80 | 223 | / |
| Capwe | 80 | 68 | / |
| Kapwi | 80 | 25 | / |
| Kepwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kappw | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kaubwe | 73 | 31 | / |
| Kapway | 73 | 27 | / |
| Kopweh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Kapwai | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kaipue | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kaabwe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kapuet | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kapuhe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kabwea | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kabwey | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kampue | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kabweh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Capwer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kabwei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kaibwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kabwer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kavwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkabwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kampwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kabwue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kabwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kabwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kahabwe | 67 | 69 | / |
| Kapwish | 67 | 27 | / |
| Khopwet | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kabweha | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kaipwai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khanpue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Capw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qapw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapwaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kampwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaspues | 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 Kapwe
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