Chilepa Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chilepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chilepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1091:145,41210,533
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chilepa Last Name Facts

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

Chilepa is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chilepa.

How Common Is The Last Name Chilepa? popularity and diffusion

Chilepa is the 1,658,108th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chilepa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Chilepa is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 145,412. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 60 percent live, Eastern Province, where 31 percent live and Central Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 8 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

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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 Chilepa
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