Chipeleme Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chipeleme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipeleme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1681:94,3457,684
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chipeleme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chipeleme is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipeleme? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,328,442nd most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipeleme reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 94,345. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 34 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 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
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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 Chipeleme
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