Shipena Surname
Approximately 1,838 people bear this surname
Shipena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,834 | 1:1,314 | 172 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Shipena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shipena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shipena is more commonly found in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shipena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 221,865th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,964,932 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shipena live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 1,834 people, or 1 in 1,314. In Namibia Shipena is most frequent in: Khomas Region, where 19 percent are found, Ohangwena Region, where 18 percent are found and Omusati Region, where 17 percent are found. Not including Namibia Shipena exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Shipena
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