Lipemba Surname

265,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lipemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lipemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6011:28,4844,289
DR Congo5061:146,00715,343
Tanzania3641:145,44413,279
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Lipemba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lipemba is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lipemba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lipemba is the 265,393rd most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,944,061 people. The surname Lipemba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lipemba are found; 41 percent are found in Southern Africa and 41 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 601 people, or 1 in 28,484. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Tanzania, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lupemba864,107/
Lipamba86623/
Lipembe86391/
Lipomba86109/
Lipembo864/
Lepemba864/
Lipambai80308/
Lipambay804/
Lipombea801/
Lupamba711,723/
Lipombo71762/
Lupembo7127/
Lepembe7117/
Lepembo711/
Lipambo711/
Lupomba711/
Lupimba711/
Lepembet671/
Lupambai671/
Lupambo57476/
Lupombo5735/
Lepenua571/
Lepambo571/
Lepombo571/

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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
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  • 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 Lipemba
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