Kipkan Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kipkan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kipkan 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
Tanzania651:814,48642,828
Kenya121:3,848,32540,366
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Kipkan Last Name Facts

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

Kipkan occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kipkan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipkan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,136,387th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kipkan reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Kipkan is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 814,486. In Tanzania Kipkan is most numerous in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

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
Kepkan83143/
Kipcan8325/
Kibkan831/
Khupkan77118/
Kipkong771/
Kupkhan771/
Khupkhan7185/
Chipkean711/
Cepkan6720/
Kepcan6711/
Küpcan676/
Kipcam676/
Kepkanova673/
Khibqan6210/
Chibkan622/
Chepkan621/
Kevkaan621/
Cipcon50439/
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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 Kipkan
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