Mpalale Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Mpalale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mpalale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpalale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpalale is found most frequently in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mpalale.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalale? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mpalale is the 1,338,236th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpalale reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Mpalale is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Outside of Malawi it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live and Tanzania, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphalale | 93 | 158 | / |
| Mpalal | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mphalaile | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mphahlale | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mpalala | 86 | 1,487 | / |
| Mpalile | 86 | 544 | / |
| Mpalali | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mphalala | 80 | 322 | / |
| Mphalali | 80 | 36 | / |
| Mpahlala | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mpalaula | 80 | 2 | / |
| Valale | 77 | 1,096 | / |
| Balale | 77 | 337 | / |
| Mphaalele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhphalala | 75 | 1 | / |
| Balalle | 71 | 704 | / |
| Balaile | 71 | 75 | / |
| Ballale | 71 | 57 | / |
| Valaile | 71 | 39 | / |
| Balales | 71 | 18 | / |
| Balhale | 71 | 14 | / |
| Balalee | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mpolole | 71 | 8 | / |
| Valalhe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Valhale | 71 | 5 | / |
| Balgale | 71 | 5 | / |
| Balaale | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bhalale | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bailale | 71 | 2 | / |
| Balalet | 71 | 2 | / |
| Balyale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vallale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphahalele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balaleu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balaley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpahahlele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphahllele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpahlele | 67 | 79 | / |
| Mphalele | 67 | 19 | / |
| Balatlhe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Baillale | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ballalie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mphahahlele | 67 | 3 | / |
| Balailes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpahleli | 67 | 2 | / |
| Balayleh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajllale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balalihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mphalola | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpoliele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahalale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bailalle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ballalet | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bealaler | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vallaley | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mpalale
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