Leipa Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Leipa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 171 | 1:11,886 | 2,657 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Leipä (6) are calculated separately.
Leipa (178) may also be a first name.
Leipa Demographics
Average Leipa Salary in
South Africa
R 136,284
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Leipa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leipa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leipa is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Leipä. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leipa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Leipa are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Leipa is also the 683,417th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 178 people.
Leipa is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 11,886. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Butha-Buthe District, where 74 percent reside, Mokhotlong District, where 22 percent reside and Maseru District, where 4 percent reside. Besides Lesotho it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.
Leipa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Leipa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.65% less than the national average, earning R 136,284 per year.
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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 Leipa
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