Zipele Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Zipele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 242 | 1:731,995 | 33,424 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Zipele (13) may also be a first name.
Zipele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zipele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zipele (Marathi: िझपेले) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zipele? popularity and diffusion
Zipele is the 961,438th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zipele reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 13 people.
The last name Zipele is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria Zipele is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 83 percent reside, Lagos, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Guyana, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zipele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zipele in the Marathi language | ||
| िझपेले | ijhapele | - |
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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 Zipele
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