Chiripa Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chiripa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chiripa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2011:76,80711,322
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Chiripa (14) may also be a first name.

Chiripa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chiripa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chiripa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,152,132nd most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The last name Chiripa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chiripa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chiripa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

Chiripa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 76,807. In Zimbabwe Chiripa is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 56 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Chiripa
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