Kipayeni Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Kipayeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 218 | 1:72,706 | 6,288 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
Kipayeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kipayeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kipayeni is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kipayeni.
How Common Is The Last Name Kipayeni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kipayeni is the 956,400th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipayeni reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 72,706. In Zambia Kipayeni is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 97 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 0 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipayenyi | 94 | 2 | / |
| Kipaeni | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kipayene | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kipyenei | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kipoyeni | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chipayeni | 82 | 707 | / |
| Khipayani | 82 | 4 | / |
| Kipaini | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kipainoi | 75 | 455 | / |
| Kiphueni | 75 | 21 | / |
| Kipiyani | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kipoyani | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chipayni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kipane | 71 | 89 | / |
| Kupawenyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kipaina | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kaipane | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kipouni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kupaini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kipoini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keipane | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kipayeni
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