Kipsan Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kipsan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipsan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Kipsan (47) may also be a first name.

Kipsan Last Name Facts

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

Kipsan is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipsan? popularity and diffusion

Kipsan is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Kipsan is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kipsan are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kipsan is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 47 people.

The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Kipsan is primarily found in: Trans Nzoia County, where 100 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 29 percent live and India, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipshan924/
Kipsanh921/
Kipsand921/
Kipssang869/
Kipsan'g863/
Kipson83240/
Kipcan8325/
Kipsen8316/
Kupshan7732/
Kivshan779/
Kaipson777/
Chipsan773/
Kgipson771/
Kjpsang771/
Kippson771/
Kipseen771/
Khipson771/
Kipshanova754/
Kupschan716/
Keipeson712/
Quipsang711/
Kepson67193/
Kypson6730/
Kibson6715/
Kepcan6711/
Kepsen679/
Küpcan676/
Kupsen671/

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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 Kipsan
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