Sipambo Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sipambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sipambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2621:206,78521,999
Burkina Faso391:470,5676,701

Sipambo Last Name Facts

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

Sipambo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sipambo? popularity and diffusion

Sipambo is the 891,661st most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sipambo are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 262 people, or 1 in 206,785. In South Africa Sipambo is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and Western Cape, where 7 percent live. Barring South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent live.

Sipambo Last Name Statistics demography

Sipambo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.21% less than the national average, earning R 170,592 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siphambo93235/
Sipambou9311/
Shipambo931/
Sipamba86174/
Sipombo8636/
Sipanbo861/
Sipembo861/
Shipombo80138/
Shipamba8021/
Siphamba809/
Shipembo804/
Sephambo803/
Chipambo802/
Siphombo801/
Chiphambo75235/
Sipemba71645/
Cipamba71130/
Sepombo7139/
Zipamba712/
Sepamba711/
Sipomba711/
Chipamba67927/
Tjipombo67434/
Shipemba67164/
Chipombo6714/
Chiphamba639/
Chaipamba635/
Siponba571/
Sepemba571/
Chepamba539/
Chipomba531/
Chipomwo531/
Siphonwat504/
Djepoumbo501/

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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 Sipambo
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