Kipala Surname
Approximately 2,643 people bear this surname
Kipala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,235 | 1:42,868 | 4,874 |
| DR Congo | 1,218 | 1:60,656 | 7,230 |
| Uganda | 102 | 1:382,738 | 24,349 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Congo | 29 | 1:172,038 | 8,333 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kipala (319) may also be a first name.
Kipala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kipala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kipala occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kipala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 164,185th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,757,301 people. Kipala is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kipala are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kipala is also the 491,536th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 319 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,235 people, or 1 in 42,868. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Geita Region, where 26 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 14 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 46 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Kipala
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