Kipye Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Kipye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 85 | 1:543,293 | 26,596 |
| Tanzania | 67 | 1:790,173 | 42,439 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
Kipye (17) may also be a first name.
Kipye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kipye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kipye is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kipye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,286,243rd most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kipye reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 543,293. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Kipye exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 38 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Kipye
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