Lipoto Surname
Approximately 741 people bear this surname
Lipoto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 635 | 1:61,479 | 7,088 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Lesotho | 35 | 1:58,073 | 8,518 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Lipoto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lipoto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lipoto has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lipoto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lipoto is the 456,743rd most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,834,745 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lipoto live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Lipoto is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 635 people, or 1 in 61,479. In Uganda Lipoto is most frequent in: Pallisa District, where 62 percent reside, Budaka District, where 20 percent reside and Kibuku District, where 12 percent reside. Besides Uganda Lipoto occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and Lesotho, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liphoto | 92 | 1,314 | / |
| Lipoeto | 92 | 76 | / |
| Lipotot | 92 | 12 | / |
| Liphotho | 86 | 4 | / |
| Liphooto | 86 | 1 | / |
| Liputo | 83 | 3,354 | / |
| Lipato | 83 | 903 | / |
| Lepoto | 83 | 98 | / |
| Lupoto | 83 | 85 | / |
| Lipota | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lipeto | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lephoto | 77 | 6,425 | / |
| Lyopoto | 77 | 94 | / |
| Lupotto | 77 | 91 | / |
| Lepotho | 77 | 9 | / |
| Luphoto | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lipatoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liputot | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lephotho | 71 | 192 | / |
| Lephotoi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Luphotho | 71 | 2 | / |
| Loipeeto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Llephoto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lepoutou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lipata | 67 | 5,682 | / |
| Lepota | 67 | 3,660 | / |
| Lupeto | 67 | 583 | / |
| Liputa | 67 | 411 | / |
| Lipeta | 67 | 212 | / |
| Lepeto | 67 | 33 | / |
| Lepato | 67 | 30 | / |
| Lupota | 67 | 28 | / |
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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 Lipoto
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis