Chipala Surname
Approximately 5,423 people bear this surname
Chipala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4,784 | 1:3,578 | 480 |
| Zambia | 391 | 1:40,537 | 3,992 |
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 1:162,508 | 20,181 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Tanzania | 22 | 1:2,406,437 | 48,353 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chipala (29) may also be a first name.
Chipala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chipala (Marathi: चीपळा, Oriya: ଚିପାଲା, Russian: Чипала) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 88,554th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,343,822 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chipala reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chipala is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name worldwide, held by 29 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 4,784 people, or 1 in 3,578. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chipala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chipala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିପାଲା | cipala | - |
| Chipala in the Marathi language | ||
| चीपळा | cipala | - |
| Chipala in the Russian language | ||
| Чипала | cipala | - |
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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 Chipala
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