Chipunga Surname

401,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 876 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chipunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chipunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe7661:20,1542,995
Zambia1011:156,93011,128
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367

Chipunga (19) may also be a first name.

Chipunga Last Name Facts

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

Chipunga is found most in Zimbabwe. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipunga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 401,066th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,319,116 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipunga reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.

The surname Chipunga is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 766 people, or 1 in 20,154. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent live and Harare Province, where 21 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe Chipunga exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

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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 Chipunga
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