Chipawo Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chipawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chipawo Last Name Facts

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

Chipawo is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipawo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chipawo is the 980,795th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipawo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Aside from Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chipawa86746/
Chipewo869/
Chipowo863/
Chipaswa80106/
Chepawoy808/
Chipouwo802/
Chiphawa801/
Chepawou801/
Sipawo771/
Chippouwo751/
Chipewa711,295/
Chipeva71188/
Chipova71120/
Chipaba7131/
Chipoba7112/
Chupawa718/
Sipawot715/
Chaiphawat711/
Sipawoh711/
Chipava711/
Chepavo711/
Ciepowo711/
Chupewo711/
Shipawa711/
Chipowa711/
Shipowo711/
Chipahua673,337/
Chippewa67130/
Chuppawa6788/
Chipeeva6778/
Tshipawa6721/
Schipova6720/
Chipaeva6712/
Chipovoy677/
Chipfava676/
Khipawat675/
Chepowoi671/
Chiposva671/
Chippava671/
Chidpava671/
Chepawat671/
Chepavou671/
Chepoywo671/
Chippowa670/

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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 Chipawo
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