Nkapapa Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nkapapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkapapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2571:179,68813,510
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nkapapa (183) may also be a first name.

Nkapapa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkapapa occurs most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkapapa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 993,593rd most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkapapa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nkapapa is also the 673,127th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 183 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 179,688. In Kenya Nkapapa is most common in: Kajiado County, where 96 percent reside, Makueni County, where 4 percent reside and Narok County, where 0 percent reside. Not including Kenya Nkapapa is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Nkapapa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nkapapa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Nkapapa
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