Kapweya Surname
Approximately 641 people bear this surname
Kapweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 639 | 1:3,771 | 681 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Kapweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapweya occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kapweya is the 510,276th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 11,369,026 people. The surname Kapweya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapweya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is borne by 639 people, or 1 in 3,771. In Namibia Kapweya is primarily found in: Omusati Region, where 46 percent are found, Kunene Region, where 20 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 14 percent are found. Beside Namibia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kampweya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kapwaya | 86 | 1,025 | / |
| Kabweya | 86 | 125 | / |
| Kapwoya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapweye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kapwiya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kabwehya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Khapwoya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapway | 77 | 27 | / |
| Kapwai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kabwea | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kabwey | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kabwaya | 71 | 627 | / |
| Kapwaye | 71 | 447 | / |
| Kabwoya | 71 | 297 | / |
| Kapwayi | 71 | 48 | / |
| Kapueja | 71 | 44 | / |
| Kapuaya | 71 | 34 | / |
| Kabweja | 71 | 34 | / |
| Kabueya | 71 | 27 | / |
| Kabweha | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kaipwai | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kabwiya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kapwija | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kapwaia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kabweyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaphway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kampwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaphwiyo | 67 | 579 | / |
| Khabwoya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kampwaye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kampueja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kabwuaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kampuaya | 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 Kapweya
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