Chipwaya Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Chipwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 150 | 1:105,666 | 8,338 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chipwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chipwaya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipwaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,348,199th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chipwaya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 105,666. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 50 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 41 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent reside. Barring Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipway | 93 | 3 | / |
| Chibwaya | 88 | 266 | / |
| Chipwaye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimpweya | 82 | 314 | / |
| Chiphweya | 82 | 4 | / |
| Tchibwaya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shipway | 80 | 1,637 | / |
| Cibwaya | 80 | 21 | / |
| Hipwaye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chimphweya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chibweya | 75 | 2,403 | / |
| Shipweya | 75 | 223 | / |
| Chibwayi | 75 | 61 | / |
| Chibwaye | 75 | 24 | / |
| Shipways | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chibbaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shibwaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshibwaya | 71 | 630 | / |
| Shimpwayi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tshipwiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kibwaya | 67 | 397 | / |
| Chibwai | 67 | 41 | / |
| Cibuaya | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kipwayi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chepwai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chubway | 67 | 4 | / |
| Saipway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cibwayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hempway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chivwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shepway | 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
- 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 Chipwaya
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