Chipwepwe Surname
Approximately 383 people bear this surname
Chipwepwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 152 | 1:348,300 | 25,719 |
| Zambia | 148 | 1:107,094 | 8,406 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chipwepwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chipwepwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chipwepwe is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chipwepwe? popularity and diffusion
Chipwepwe is the 749,861st most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname Chipwepwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipwepwe reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chipwepwe is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 348,300. In Tanzania Chipwepwe is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 97 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 3 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 39 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimpwepwe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Tshipwepwe | 84 | 27 | / |
| Chibwebwe | 78 | 6 | / |
| Cibwebwe | 71 | 21 | / |
| Tshipuepue | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shimpuempue | 60 | 27 | / |
| Kibwebwe | 59 | 480 | / |
| Tshimpuempue | 57 | 103 | / |
| Chibvebve | 56 | 19 | / |
| Chibwibwi | 56 | 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 Chipwepwe
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