Mpaju Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mpaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpaju has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mpaju.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpaju? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mpaju is the 5,587,209th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpaju live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mpaju is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Mpaju is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpau | 89 | 42 | / |
| Mpaj | 89 | 2 | / |
| Mpasu | 80 | 1,368 | / |
| Mpaji | 80 | 235 | / |
| Mphau | 80 | 58 | / |
| Mpahu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Npaju | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mpaja | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mpaje | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mpajo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mphahu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpasou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpazeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpaaja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpajee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpodju | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mphaja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baju | 67 | 1,571 | / |
| Mpay | 67 | 863 | / |
| Mpai | 67 | 862 | / |
| Mpou | 67 | 492 | / |
| Mpahije | 67 | 362 | / |
| Mpea | 67 | 323 | / |
| Vaju | 67 | 315 | / |
| Mpahaje | 67 | 213 | / |
| Mpaa | 67 | 181 | / |
| Mpoa | 67 | 99 | / |
| Mpae | 67 | 87 | / |
| Mpuy | 67 | 82 | / |
| Mpeu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mpui | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mpue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mpoj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Npau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpaazou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Npaj | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mpaju
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