Chipelesa Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Chipelesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chipelesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipelesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chipelesa occurs most in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipelesa? popularity and diffusion
Chipelesa is the 590,896th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,802,170 people. Chipelesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipelesa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipelesa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chipalasa | 78 | 680 | / |
| Chipalasha | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chipecelso | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kipeleza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipaliza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hiplege | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sipilisa | 59 | 8 | / |
| Hipplege | 59 | 4 | / |
| Chepoloso | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Chipelesa
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