Mpalama Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Mpalama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mpalama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpalama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpalama is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Mpalama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpalama are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Excluding The DR Congo Mpalama occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 18 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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