Surname Chipana (Chipana 
) , around the globe, is a common last name. The cognomen Chipana is characteristic of Peru, where it is quite a common surname, Bolivia, and South Africa, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. Much less frequently, Chipana is the forename as well as the last name.