Chipongo Surname
Approximately 674 people bear this surname
Chipongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 531 | 1:29,074 | 4,465 |
| Zambia | 120 | 1:132,083 | 9,814 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
Chipongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chipongo occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipongo? popularity and diffusion
Chipongo is the 491,125th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chipongo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 531 people, or 1 in 29,074. In Zimbabwe Chipongo is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 67 percent live, Harare Province, where 17 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 9 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipono | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chipogo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chipango | 88 | 9,757 | / |
| Chipungo | 88 | 117 | / |
| Chiponga | 88 | 54 | / |
| Chiponho | 88 | 7 | / |
| Chiphogo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Hipono | 86 | 6 | / |
| Tshipongo | 82 | 377 | / |
| Chiphango | 82 | 10 | / |
| Tchipango | 82 | 5 | / |
| Tchiponou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chaipouno | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chuiponoi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kipongo | 80 | 358 | / |
| Chipona | 80 | 76 | / |
| Sipongo | 80 | 19 | / |
| Hipango | 80 | 9 | / |
| Hiponga | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cipango | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chipago | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tshiphongo | 78 | 31 | / |
| Chipanga | 75 | 16,557 | / |
| Chipunga | 75 | 876 | / |
| Chipomho | 75 | 671 | / |
| Shipango | 75 | 272 | / |
| Cheponot | 75 | 36 | / |
| Chepogho | 75 | 28 | / |
| Siphongo | 75 | 24 | / |
| Kipongoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kipong'o | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shepongo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chipanoo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hipona | 71 | 1,282 | / |
| Tshipango | 71 | 1,124 | / |
| Tshiponga | 71 | 124 | / |
| Chepoghuo | 71 | 53 | / |
| Chepoghou | 71 | 31 | / |
| Tshipomgo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipuinga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipfunga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiphanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepounou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheponnou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepokgho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepoghoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tcheponno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipana | 67 | 38,247 | / |
| Kipango | 67 | 796 | / |
| Kiponga | 67 | 390 | / |
| Chipaga | 67 | 378 | / |
| Sipango | 67 | 275 | / |
| Kepongo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Hipanga | 67 | 22 | / |
| Giponga | 67 | 18 | / |
| Caypono | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sepongo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cipanga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tcheponnou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tchepomnou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siponga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chittpoina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchepounou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshiphango | 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 Chipongo
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