Chipawa Surname

454,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chipawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7331:21,6232,359
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chipawa (15) may also be a first name.

Chipawa Last Name Facts

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

Chipawa is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chipawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 454,357th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,768,828 people. The surname Chipawa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipawa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 15 people.

The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 733 people, or 1 in 21,623. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 73 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Namibia, where 0 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Chipawa
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