Chiposi Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiposi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiposi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3001:51,4617,829
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Chiposi (103) may also be a first name.

Chiposi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chiposi has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiposi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 821,713th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. Chiposi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiposi live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 103 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 51,461. In Zimbabwe Chiposi is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 51 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 23 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 8 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Chiposi Last Name Statistics demography

Chiposi earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.62% more than the national average, earning R 433,968 per year.

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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 Chiposi
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