Kapwenge Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Kapwenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 194 | 1:81,701 | 6,916 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kapwenge (34) may also be a first name.
Kapwenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapwenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapwenge is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapwenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kapwenge is the 775,315th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 19,911,328 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapwenge are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kapwenge is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 34 people.
This surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 81,701. In Zambia it is most common in: Luapula Province, where 36 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent are found and Northern Province, where 27 percent are found. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 47 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kampwenge | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kabwenge | 88 | 239 | / |
| Kapwenga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kabwengye | 82 | 24 | / |
| Kabwenga | 75 | 525 | / |
| Kabuenge | 75 | 103 | / |
| Kabwengi | 75 | 75 | / |
| Kabwenje | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kapuinge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kabwengy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kobwengye | 71 | 63 | / |
| Kabwendje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kabuenga | 63 | 62 | / |
| Kabuengi | 63 | 34 | / |
| Kapuingi | 63 | 4 | / |
| Kabwenji | 63 | 3 | / |
| Kobwenze | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kabuense | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kabwenzi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kabwinza | 50 | 4 | / |
| Kapuinxi | 50 | 3 | / |
| Kabuenji | 50 | 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 Kapwenge
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