Chipotela Surname

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

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chipotela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipotela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chipotela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chipotela occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chipotela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipotela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipotela reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania Chipotela is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 69 percent live and Lindi Region, where 31 percent live. Besides Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chipatela89829/
Chipetela891/
Chipotele891/
Chipatala781,823/
Chepotala781/
Chiputila781/
Tshipatela741/
Sipatela71331/
Kipatela71312/
Hipotili711/
Shipotilo671/
Sepatela59108/
Shepotylo5635/
Shypotylo569/
Shepotilo569/
Shypotilo561/
Shepotaylo537/
Shepotailo535/

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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 Chipotela
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