Sipeku Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Sipeku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sipeku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia2161:11,1552,104
Zimbabwe501:308,76530,783
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638

Sipeku Last Name Facts

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

Sipeku occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sipeku? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 942,947th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sipeku live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sipeku is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 11,155. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Kavango West Region, where 100 percent live and Kavango East Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Namibia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sipheku921/
Shipeku921/
Sepeku83217/
Sipkus837/
Sepheku7710/
Shipaku774/
Saipaku773/
Sipikou772/
Sipakuy771/
Shipkau771/
Sipkó7340/
Schipkus7116/
Cipkus6733/
Schippkus6713/
Sepkus675/
Çipiku674/
Sepaku672/
Sypkus671/
Szipkó671/
Sepkou671/
Seibku671/
Schipescu671/
Cipiku671/

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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 Sipeku
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