Mpalamba Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Mpalamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 127 | 1:416,863 | 29,360 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Zambia | 64 | 1:247,655 | 15,017 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
Mpalamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpalamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpalamba is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalamba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 895,817th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mpalamba reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 416,863. In Tanzania Mpalamba is most prevalent in: Lindi Region, where 92 percent live, Tanga Region, where 7 percent live and Katavi Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Zambia, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Npalamba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mpalambi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Balamba | 80 | 1,074 | / |
| Valamba | 80 | 309 | / |
| Balambha | 75 | 43 | / |
| Balambai | 75 | 15 | / |
| Valyamba | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mpelemba | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mpolomba | 75 | 7 | / |
| Balammba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Balambay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Balambad | 75 | 1 | / |
| Balambat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ballamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baliamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Valambha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Valambai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Balambhai | 71 | 12 | / |
| Vallambai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Valambhay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mphelemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balahamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baylaymba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ballambat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bolamba | 67 | 2,090 | / |
| Balomba | 67 | 1,285 | / |
| Balambo | 67 | 286 | / |
| Vallambhai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Balanba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Balambà | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valanba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Volamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balambá | 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 Mpalamba
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