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
The surname Chipala (Marathi: चीपळा, Oriya: ଚିପାଲା, Russian: Чипала) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 88,554th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,343,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chipala are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most numerous forename internationally, held by 29 people.
The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 4,784 people, or 1 in 3,578. Barring Malawi this surname is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
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
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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 Chipala
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