Chipima Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chipima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1691:313,26423,875
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479

Chipima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chipima occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipima? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,310,135th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Chipima is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipima are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 313,264. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Ruvuma Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Chipima is found in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Chipima
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