Zvaipa Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Zvaipa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zvaipa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2561:60,3069,109
England51:11,143,612252,590
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Zvaipa (173) may also be a first name.

Zvaipa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zvaipa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zvaipa? popularity and diffusion

Zvaipa is the 983,245th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Zvaipa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 173 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 60,306. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 22 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zwaipa831/
Zvawapa771/
Zvapiwa771/
Zuapa7321/
Zvipe7315/
Svipa738/
Zwipa734/
Zvaup731/
Zvaba731/
Zuipa731/
Tsvipa6727/
Civapa6716/
Savapa678/
Savipa678/
Zavaba676/
Svipas675/
Sovipa675/
Zvp674/
Suvipa672/
Zavaib671/
Suvapa671/
Sovapa671/
Sevapa671/
Sivapa671/
Svappa671/

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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 Zvaipa
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