Kapweke Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kapweke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kapweke 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
Botswana441:49,7039,263
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665

Kapweke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapweke occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapweke? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,372,517th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapweke live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Botswana, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 49,703. Besides Botswana it exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live.

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
Kapwek921/
Kapweka86122/
Kabweke869/
Kapueke864/
Kapwake861/
Kapweki861/
Kapuekie801/
Kapuek776/
Kabweka7124/
Kapueka7121/
Kabbeke712/
Kapuike712/
Kapwaki711/
Kabwece711/
Kapwika711/
Kampuek711/
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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 Kapweke
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