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 occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 526,285th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. The surname Chipaya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipaya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 414 people, or 1 in 38,285. In Zambia Chipaya is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 40 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent reside and Central Province, where 16 percent reside. Besides Zambia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside.
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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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