Kipoto Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kipoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1961:270,11021,359
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Kipoto (31) may also be a first name.

Kipoto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kipoto is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kipoto click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipoto? popularity and diffusion

Kipoto is the 868,551st most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname Kipoto occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kipoto live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 31 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 270,110. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 65 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 31 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kispoto923/
Kaipoto921/
Kipoutou86562/
Kispotto8611/
Kisposto861/
Kipeto83213/
Kipota83107/
Kiputo8362/
Kipato8345/
Kepoto839/
Kupoto831/
Kispota772,557/
Chipoto7756/
Kipasto7712/
Kipotta7710/
Kaipota771/
Kiphota771/
Kispato771/
Kepoeto771/
Kippasto71102/
Kishpota7122/
Kispatto719/
Kispoota716/
Kispotha714/
Kisposta713/
Kispotat713/
Kisphota712/
Kispotaa711/
Kispoita711/
Kisppota711/
Kepoutou711/
Kipeta676,237/
Kiputa673,484/
Kipata672,407/
Kupota6769/
Kispottha6717/
Kupato6712/
Kepato6711/
Kispottaa673/
Kepeto672/
Kishppota671/
Kishphota671/
Kispottta671/
Kispoitta671/
Kepota671/
Cupoto671/
Kispostta671/
Khispotta671/
Kypota671/

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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 Kipoto
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