Chipela Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Chipela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 178 | 1:297,425 | 23,042 |
| Zambia | 122 | 1:129,917 | 9,695 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chipela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chipela (Russian: Чипела) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 874,560th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chipela reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Chipela is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 297,425. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Lindi Region, where 99 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 39 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chipela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chipela in the Russian language | ||
| Чипела | cipela | - |
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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 Chipela
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