Lipamba Surname

521,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lipamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lipamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4771:110,98910,694
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Lipamba (54) may also be a first name.

Lipamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lipamba occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lipamba? popularity and diffusion

Lipamba is the 521,888th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,697,505 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lipamba are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Lipamba is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 54 people.

Lipamba is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 110,989. In Tanzania Lipamba is mostly found in: Mtwara Region, where 99 percent live, Lindi Region, where 1 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lipambai93308/
Lipambay934/
Lupamba861,723/
Lipemba861,474/
Lipomba86109/
Lipambi8682/
Lipambe8627/
Lipambo861/
Lupambai801/
Lipombea801/
Loipambe801/
Lupemba714,107/
Lipombo71762/
Lupambo71476/
Lipombe71104/
Lipombi715/
Lipembo714/
Lepemba714/
Lepambi711/
Lepambo711/
Lupomba711/
Lepoumba671/
Lephambi671/
Lupombo5735/
Lupembo5727/
Lepomby572/
Lepembo571/
Lepombo571/
Liponwat534/

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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 Lipamba
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