Kipenda Surname
Approximately 976 people bear this surname
Kipenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 667 | 1:79,373 | 8,166 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kipenda (150) may also be a first name.
Kipenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kipenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kipenda has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kipenda? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kipenda is the 368,594th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,466,748 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipenda live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kipenda is also the 752,187th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 150 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 667 people, or 1 in 79,373. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 22 percent live, Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 21 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 17 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaipenda | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kipendo | 86 | 1,215 | / |
| Kipende | 86 | 381 | / |
| Kipinda | 86 | 338 | / |
| Kupenda | 86 | 256 | / |
| Kipendi | 86 | 176 | / |
| Kependa | 86 | 20 | / |
| Chipenda | 80 | 3,999 | / |
| Kipendje | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kependap | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kipinde | 71 | 638 | / |
| Kipindi | 71 | 200 | / |
| Kipindo | 71 | 186 | / |
| Kupinda | 71 | 155 | / |
| Cependa | 71 | 77 | / |
| Cipinda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kepinda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kipemdo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipendo | 67 | 3,524 | / |
| Chipinda | 67 | 2,006 | / |
| Chipende | 67 | 122 | / |
| Kipindio | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chipendi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kependje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kupindai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kepndo | 62 | 11 | / |
| Chepnda | 57 | 219 | / |
| Kepndep | 57 | 50 | / |
| Kypyndy | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chipindi | 53 | 437 | / |
| Chipindo | 53 | 133 | / |
| Chipinde | 53 | 73 | / |
| Kaypindi | 53 | 4 | / |
| Chepynda | 53 | 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 Kipenda
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