Mpakani Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Mpakani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Tanzania | 89 | 1:594,850 | 37,281 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mpakani (15) may also be a first name.
Mpakani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpakani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpakani is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpakani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 639,219th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 15,309,970 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpakani are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Other than Malawi Mpakani exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
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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 Mpakani
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