Chipendo Surname

128,586th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,524 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chipendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,8821:9,0961,402
Zimbabwe1,4121:10,9341,399
Zambia1321:120,0759,160
England411:1,358,97760,528
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Botswana171:128,64318,229
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Chipendo (104) may also be a first name.

Chipendo Last Name Facts

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

Chipendo is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipendo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 128,586th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,067,976 people. Chipendo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipendo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chipendo is also the 925,156th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 104 people.

Chipendo is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,882 people, or 1 in 9,096. Not including Malawi this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 40 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.

Chipendo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Chipendo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.75% less than the national average, earning R 45,756 per year and in United States they earn 18.74% less than the national average, earning $35,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tchipendo944/
Chipenda883,999/
Chipindo88133/
Kipendo801,215/
Sipendo80129/
Zipendo801/
Chipinda752,006/
Shipindo75379/
Siphendo751/
Dzipendo751/
Tshipenda7134/
Tchipinda711/
Kipenda67976/
Chepnda67219/
Kipindo67186/
Cependa6777/
Sipenda675/
Cipinda671/
Kipemdo671/
Shependa6394/
Tchepnda636/
Chypynda632/
Shipinda631/
Sipiondo631/
Kaipenda631/
Chepynda631/
Tshipinda59295/
Kepndo5711/
Kipinda53338/
Sipinda53159/
Kependa5320/
Sependa536/
Tsependa50112/
Tsipinda501/
Kependap501/

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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 Chipendo
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