Kipanya Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kipanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kipanya 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
Tanzania1061:499,44933,339
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Thailand641:1,103,724164,273

Kipanya (29) may also be a first name.

Kipanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kipanya is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipanya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,009,375th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Kipanya live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 42 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most common first name globally. It is borne by 29 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 499,449. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 93 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Thailand, where 25 percent are found.

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
Kitpanya931/
Khaipanya8824/
Keidpanya881/
Kiponya86334/
Kepanya8635/
Kipania867/
Kipanja862/
Kedpanya804/
Caipanya801/
Khetpanya7566/
Chiphanya751/
Kipanjo711/
Kiponyo711/
Chipania671/
Kiponia577/
Chepagna531/
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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 Kipanya
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