Kipenu Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Kipenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kipenu (12) may also be a first name.
Kipenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kipenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kipenu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kipenu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kipenu is the 2,843,861st most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Kipenu occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Kipenu live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kipenu is also the 3,306,491st most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipengu | 92 | 164 | / |
| Kipanu | 83 | 54 | / |
| Kepenu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kipingu | 77 | 4,786 | / |
| Kepenou | 77 | 29 | / |
| Chipenu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kaipanou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kippingu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chipenou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiponnou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuponu | 67 | 104 | / |
| Kupinu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kepanu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kupanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cupeanu | 62 | 77 | / |
| Chepenu | 62 | 12 | / |
| Keponou | 62 | 10 | / |
| Kupponu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Kepannu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Kuppanu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Cepenou | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kepanou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Keponnou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chipfinhu | 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
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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 Kipenu
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