Shipwe Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Shipwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 45 | 1:53,542 | 6,362 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Shipwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shipwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shipwe is most common in Namibia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shipwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Shipwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,352,516th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Shipwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shipwe are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Shipwe is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 53,542. In Namibia Shipwe is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 60 percent live, Oshana Region, where 29 percent live and Erongo Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sipwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Shipw | 91 | 0 | / |
| Shibwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Chipwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shipway | 77 | 1,637 | / |
| Sheepwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shiepue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shepwed | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sepwe | 73 | 1,560 | / |
| Sipue | 73 | 30 | / |
| Sipwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sipew | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shipways | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shipwith | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chibwe | 67 | 38,570 | / |
| Shibue | 67 | 2,772 | / |
| Saipue | 67 | 54 | / |
| Saipwa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Shepwa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sipoue | 67 | 14 | / |
| Shibwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chepwe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Shipui | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shibbe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sipwit | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ssibwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shubwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chipue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sibwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shivue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shepue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shipwe
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