Mkupa Surname

250,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mkupa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkupa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7781:69,6378,689
Tanzania5071:104,42110,188
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mkupa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mkupa is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkupa? popularity and diffusion

Mkupa is the 250,395th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,600,723 people. The last name Mkupa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkupa reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 778 people, or 1 in 69,637. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 80 percent live, Gauteng, where 8 percent live and Western Cape, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 32 percent live and Malawi, where 18 percent live.

Mkupa Last Name Statistics demography

Mkupa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.09% less than the national average, earning R 144,744 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhupa9143/
Mkupha9131/
Mkaupa917/
Mkupas912/
Mkupea911/
Mkhupha83157/
Mkupaya8311/
Mkupi80184/
Mkupe8018/
Mkupo801/
Mkuphe733/
Mkaupi733/
Mkupuo731/
Mkhupe731/
Mkhuphi672/
Mkhaupi671/
Mkhuphe671/
McCuppa670/
Mkhauphi626/
Mk'huphi625/
Mkhauphe621/
McCupass620/
McKusper620/
Mqoupi551/
McCupes501/

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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 Mkupa
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