Chipwele Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Chipwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Chipwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chipwele occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipwele? popularity and diffusion
Chipwele is the 4,307,654th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Chipwele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipwele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,584,992. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 70 percent are found, Luapula Province, where 10 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent are found. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found and Malawi, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chivwele | 88 | 119 | / |
| Chibwele | 88 | 10 | / |
| Hipwel | 86 | 4 | / |
| Hipwell | 80 | 2,534 | / |
| Kipwele | 80 | 43 | / |
| Chepwel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chipwila | 75 | 185 | / |
| Chibwale | 75 | 151 | / |
| Chibwela | 75 | 106 | / |
| Kipwelea | 75 | 80 | / |
| Chibwile | 75 | 33 | / |
| Kimpwele | 75 | 21 | / |
| Chipwili | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hippwell | 75 | 3 | / |
| Simpwele | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chipwail | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chibweli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chipwaila | 71 | 2,234 | / |
| Kibwele | 67 | 48 | / |
| Hepwell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cipwila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hipwill | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chipwele
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