Kapwepwe Surname
Approximately 974 people bear this surname
Kapwepwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 643 | 1:24,650 | 2,629 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kapwepwe (53) may also be a first name.
Kapwepwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapwepwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapwepwe occurs most in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapwepwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 369,191st most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,482,080 people. Kapwepwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapwepwe are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kapwepwe is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 53 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 643 people, or 1 in 24,650. In Zambia Kapwepwe is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside, Northern Province, where 18 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Malawi, where 11 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Kapwepwe
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