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
Chipwaya is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chipwaya is the 1,348,199th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. Chipwaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chipwaya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 105,666. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 50 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 41 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent are found. Not including Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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
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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 Chipwaya
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