Kipendo Surname

310,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kipendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo7871:93,87510,644
Tanzania3281:161,40714,404
Kenya951:486,10425,105
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kipendo (530) may also be a first name.

Kipendo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kipendo has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipendo? popularity and diffusion

Kipendo is the 310,170th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,997,980 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipendo are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kipendo is also the 366,410th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 530 people.

This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 787 people, or 1 in 93,875. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipenda86976/
Kipindo86186/
Kipemdo861/
Chipendo803,524/
Kaipenda801/
Kepndo7711/
Kipinda71338/
Kupenda71256/
Kependa7120/
Chipenda673,999/
Chipindo67133/
Kependap671/
Kupinda57155/
Cependa5777/
Cipinda571/
Kepinda571/
Chipinda532,006/

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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 Kipendo
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