Mpakwa Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mpakwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpakwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455

Mpakwa Last Name Facts

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

Mpakwa is most common in South Africa. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mpakwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpakwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mpakwa is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpakwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mpakwa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa Mpakwa is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 84 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 5 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Mpakwa occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent are found.

Mpakwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mpakwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.43% less than the national average, earning R 117,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpaikwa9211/
Mphakwa922/
Mpokwa831,210/
Mpekwa83200/
Mpakwe8316/
Mpagwa834/
Mphekwa778/
Mpangwau714/
Mpokwe67478/
Mpagwe675/
Mpagua674/
Mpogwa671/
Mpocwa671/
Mpakue671/
Mpekwo671/
Mpeqwa671/
Mpheqwa6216/
Mphegwa628/
Mphocwa621/
Mpakuhe621/
Mphangwe57690/
Mpankuhe5791/
Mpanguau5727/
Mmphangwe531/
Mpague5029/
Mpogwe501/
Npagwe501/
Mpogba501/
Mpagbe501/
Mpekua501/

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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 Mpakwa
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