Kipoma Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kipoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1511:350,60725,844
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Kipoma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kipoma is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipoma? popularity and diffusion

Kipoma is the 1,300,225th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname Kipoma occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kipoma reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 350,607. In Tanzania Kipoma is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipama83122/
Kipuma83108/
Kipomi8362/
Kipema8332/
Kepoma8324/
Kipomo831/
Kupoma831/
Chipoma77360/
Kipamga7721/
Kiepama777/
Kiphuma774/
Kippomee7113/
Kiposmet711/
Kipumi67103/
Cipama6745/
Kipume6744/
Kepama6741/
Kipamo6732/
Kupema674/
Kipumo674/
Kipame674/
Kupama673/
Kupomo673/
Kipami671/
Kepomo671/
Kepema671/

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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 Kipoma
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