Chipewa Surname
Approximately 1,295 people bear this surname
Chipewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Chipewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chipewa is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 294,637th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,627,449 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipewa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chipewa is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 1,255 people, or 1 in 13,641. Not including Malawi it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Chipewa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Chipewa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chipewa surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa | 93 | 130 | / |
| Chipeswa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Chipeway | 93 | 0 | / |
| Chippeway | 88 | 65 | / |
| Chipawa | 86 | 746 | / |
| Chipeva | 86 | 188 | / |
| Chipiwa | 86 | 20 | / |
| Chipewo | 86 | 9 | / |
| Chipewe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Shipewa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Chepewa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chipeeva | 80 | 78 | / |
| Chipaway | 80 | 37 | / |
| Chipfiwa | 80 | 18 | / |
| Chipieva | 80 | 14 | / |
| Chipaeva | 80 | 12 | / |
| Tchipeva | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ciepiewa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chipevad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chiphawa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sipewa | 77 | 46 | / |
| Kipewa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tchipeeva | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chippevad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shippeway | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chipawo | 71 | 263 | / |
| Sipeuwa | 71 | 30 | / |
| Shipeva | 71 | 14 | / |
| Chupeva | 71 | 10 | / |
| Chupawa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chipowo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sippewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chupewo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipeve | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipebe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chypeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipiwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipahua | 67 | 3,337 | / |
| Chupeeva | 67 | 271 | / |
| Shipeeva | 67 | 212 | / |
| Chuppawa | 67 | 88 | / |
| Chepaeva | 67 | 74 | / |
| Chupaeva | 67 | 67 | / |
| Chypaeva | 67 | 50 | / |
| Shipieva | 67 | 46 | / |
| Khipieva | 67 | 20 | / |
| Chupoeva | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chipfava | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chepeeva | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chupieva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tshipiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khipeeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chippava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chepevad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chypieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chipaibi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshipeba | 67 | 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
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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 Chipewa
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