Shipepe Surname

409,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Shipepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shipepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia8471:2,845466
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Shipepe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shipepe is found in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shipepe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 409,925th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,553,458 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shipepe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is carried by 847 people, or 1 in 2,845. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 47 percent are found, Oshana Region, where 14 percent are found and Otjozondjupa Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Namibia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sipepe922/
Chipepe86314/
Shipeev86169/
Shipape8615/
Sipep832/
Sipepa7772/
Sipeev7768/
Sepepe7731/
Shipev778/
Supepe774/
Sipope774/
Sipape771/
Sipiep771/
Zipepe771/
Shipip771/
Shipipa7112/
Shepeev7111/
Chipepi715/
Sephepe714/
Shipapi713/
Shypeev713/
Shipipi711/
Sipapei711/
Chepepe711/
Seipiep711/
Seepepe711/
Seiphepi6733/
Sepev679/
Siphepha677/
Sipip672/
Chaiphep671/
Shipaphi671/
Shipapai671/

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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 Shipepe
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