Cheepa Surname
Approximately 2,319 people bear this surname
Cheepa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,160 | 1:13,664 | 1,571 |
| Pakistan | 1,118 | 1:159,789 | 4,238 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Cheepa (17) may also be a first name.
Cheepa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheepa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheepa (Hindi: छीपा) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheepa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 183,156th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,142,538 people. Cheepa is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Cheepa reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Cheepa is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 17 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,160 people, or 1 in 13,664. In Zambia Cheepa is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 59 percent live, Central Province, where 25 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 48 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheepa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheepa in the Hindi language | ||
| छीपा | chipa | - |
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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 Cheepa
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