Chipaya Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Chipaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 414 | 1:38,285 | 3,823 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 1:197,926 | 23,035 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chipaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chipaya is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chipaya is the 526,285th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. The last name Chipaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipaya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 414 people, or 1 in 38,285. In Zambia Chipaya is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 40 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent live and Central Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Zambia Chipaya exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 13 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
- 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 Chipaya
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