Chipwere Surname

286,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chipwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chipwere Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi8891:19,2573,006
Zimbabwe4501:34,3075,284
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chipwere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chipwere is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chipwere? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 286,143rd most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,426,319 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chipwere reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Chipwere is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 889 people, or 1 in 19,257. Besides Malawi it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chibwere884/
Chipwera881/
Chipuer8012/
Kipwere804/
Chibwire75154/
Chibvere7526/
Chibwera758/
Chibware751/
Chipwaira71825/
Chibber67682/
Kibwere6711/
Hepweri671/
Cibwera671/
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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 Chipwere
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