Chipengu Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Chipengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 24 | 1:660,413 | 25,715 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chipengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chipengu is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipengu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipengu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 660,413. In Zambia Chipengu is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 79 percent live, North-Western Province, where 17 percent live and Luapula Province, where 4 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 26 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipenu | 93 | 5 | / |
| Chipingu | 88 | 13 | / |
| Chipenou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tshipengu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kipengu | 80 | 164 | / |
| Chepenu | 80 | 12 | / |
| Shippngu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chipfinhu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chispinus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kipingu | 67 | 4,786 | / |
| Jipeanu | 67 | 144 | / |
| Sepengu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sipingu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cepenou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tchepngoup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hepenou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kippingu | 63 | 3 | / |
| Heppenhuis | 56 | 93 | / |
| Sepingu | 53 | 8 | / |
| Heppinghous | 53 | 0 | / |
| Dzepenou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hayspynu | 50 | 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 Chipengu
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