Chipha Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Chipha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
Chipha (78) may also be a first name.
Chipha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chipha occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Chipha occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chipha reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chipha is also the 1,091,646th most numerous first name internationally, held by 78 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Apart from Malawi it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 5 percent are found and Lesotho, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Chipha
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