Chifupi Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chifupi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chifupi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe551:280,69528,958
Zambia491:323,46817,649
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chifupi (18) may also be a first name.

Chifupi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chifupi occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chifupi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,755,741st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Chifupi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chifupi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.

The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 280,695. In Zimbabwe Chifupi is most common in: Harare Province, where 31 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 31 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 24 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 45 percent reside and Malawi, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chipfupi93489/
Chifupa86317/
Chipfupa80293/
Tshifupi80157/
Kifupi77100/
Chipfupaa751/
Sifuphi716/
Tshifupe674/
Tshifupa671/
Kifupa6263/
Sifeupa575/
Sephupi575/
Sefuphi571/

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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 Chifupi
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