Lipela Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Lipela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lipela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Lipela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lipela occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lipela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,849,867th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Lipela occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lipela are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Lipela is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Barring The DR Congo it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lipala83841/
Lupela83463/
Lipeli8334/
Lipely8331/
Lipele8323/
Lepela8320/
Lipila8319/
Lipola834/
Lipelo832/
Liphila77248/
Lepetla77108/
Lipeles7797/
Hlipala7757/
Lipelis7737/
Leipola7711/
Leipala7710/
Leipele7710/
Liphala778/
Lepaela776/
Lippala773/
Lipahla772/
Lippola772/
Liphelo771/
Leppela771/
Lippila771/
Lipielo771/
Liphola771/
Loipila771/
Lipehlo771/
Lipitla771/
Lupelia771/
Leapela771/
Lipolea771/
Leipelo771/
Lephela771/
Lepiela771/
Liepala771/
Liepele771/
Lippelo771/
Lipetlo771/
Lispely771/
Luppela771/
Liphehlo71121/
Liphahla7117/
Laippala7110/
Lippielo714/
Lephaela712/
Leppelya712/
Leppelia711/
Loiphila711/
Liphilah711/
Liphaila711/
Lipheler710/
Leiphola710/
Lupola671,986/
Lupala671,880/
Lepele671,394/
Lepola671,106/
Lipili67814/
Lepeli67430/
Lipolo67133/
Lupila6788/
Lepala6727/
Lipalo6720/
Lepila6714/
Lipile6710/
Lipilo673/
Lepely672/
Lepelé671/
Lupelo671/
Lepelo671/

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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 Lipela
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