Ipiya Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ipiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ipiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda471:830,62338,869
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ipiya (25) may also be a first name.

Ipiya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ipiya occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ipiya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,106,139th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Ipiya live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 25 people.

It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 830,623. In Uganda Ipiya is mostly concentrated in: Serere District, where 40 percent reside, Pallisa District, where 32 percent reside and Ngora District, where 17 percent reside. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ispiya9111/
Haipiya835/
Ipaya80294/
Upiya8070/
Ipoya8025/
Ipaia8023/
Epiya8011/
Ipuia808/
Ipeya808/
Ipuya805/
Ipiyo803/
Ipija801/
Aipaya7341,209/
Gipaya73482/
Eipeya73130/
Ipayah7332/
Upiyah7332/
Hipuya7320/
Hipoya7319/
Jipaya7318/
Epiyah7317/
Hipaya7314/
Ipayat7311/
Hupiya7311/
Epiyat736/
Espiya734/
Ipajiy733/
Jipoya731/
Iopiyo731/
Ipijaa731/
Jipuya731/
Hipeya731/
Jipija731/
Ispaya731/
Ipai67901/
Ipui67374/
Ipaa67277/
Ipay67110/
Ipau67107/
Hipayat6798/
Ipoy6795/
Ipoi6773/
Ipei6770/
Ipae6755/
Ipie6753/
Ipea6751/
Ipuy6746/
Ipey6741/
Ipye6718/
Aipayas6712/
Ipuoyah676/
Hepiyah676/
Haipaya673/
Jitpaya671/
Hipayah671/
Ipaj671/
Jipayap671/
Iphayad671/
Yiphiyo671/
Aipayaa671/

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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 Ipiya
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