Lipenda Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Namibia

Lipenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lipenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1211:171,64518,315
Zambia1041:152,40310,889
Namibia431:56,0336,593
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Lipenda (15) may also be a first name.

Lipenda Last Name Facts

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

Lipenda has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lipenda? popularity and diffusion

Lipenda is the 961,438th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Lipenda is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lipenda live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lipenda is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 15 people.

The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 171,645. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 66 percent live, Littoral Region, where 24 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Lipenda occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 38 percent live and Namibia, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lipnda921/
Lipende861,107/
Lupenda86178/
Lipinda86138/
Lipendi8695/
Lipendo8627/
Lependa863/
Lippende801/
Lipndo771/
Lupinda711,932/
Lipindi71422/
Lipindo71204/
Lependy718/
Lupendo715/
Lepinda714/
Lepindea6752/
Lupinday671/
Lippindott591/
Lupindo571,962/
Lepndes571/
Lepindi571/

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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 Lipenda
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