Lwipa Surname
Approximately 2,964 people bear this surname
Lwipa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,502 | 1:10,553 | 1,215 |
| DR Congo | 1,457 | 1:50,707 | 6,124 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lwipa (170) may also be a first name.
Lwipa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwipa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lwipa is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lwipa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwipa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 149,064th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,458,686 people. The last name Lwipa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwipa reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lwipa is also the 701,320th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 170 people.
The last name Lwipa is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 1,502 people, or 1 in 10,553. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 42 percent live, Northern Province, where 17 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 49 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 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 Lwipa
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