Lipau Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Lipau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 210 | 1:252,103 | 20,382 |
| France | 125 | 1:531,382 | 73,029 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lipau (72) may also be a first name.
Lipau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lipau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lipau is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lipau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lipau? popularity and diffusion
Lipau is the 748,537th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname Lipau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Lipau live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 72 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 252,103. In Tanzania Lipau is primarily concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 98 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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 Lipau
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