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
Leipa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Leipa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leipa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leipa occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Leipä. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leipa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,136,896th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Leipa occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Leipa reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 683,417th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 178 people.
The surname Leipa is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 11,886. In Lesotho Leipa is primarily found in: Butha-Buthe District, where 74 percent are found, Mokhotlong District, where 22 percent are found and Maseru District, where 4 percent are found. Not including Lesotho this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 percent are found.
Leipa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily 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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