Chipombo Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chipombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Chipombo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chipombo is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipombo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipombo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chipombo is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Excluding Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 29 percent live and Angola, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tchipombo941/
Shipombo88138/
Chipembo882/
Chipambo882/
Chipomba881/
Chipomwo881/
Chiphambo82235/
Chipfumbo821/
Kipombo80506/
Sipombo8036/
Chipamba75927/
Chipemba75556/
Chipumba7545/
Chipomwa751/
Shipambo751/
Siphombo751/
Quipombo751/
Tchipamba7128/
Chiphamba719/
Chaipamba715/
Chiepemba711/
Chipfumba711/
Sipambo67301/
Cipamba67130/
Sepombo6739/
Kipomba6727/
Kipambo679/
Kepombo674/
Sipomba671/

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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 Chipombo
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