Mpalana Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Mpalana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpalana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpalana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpalana is found most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Mpalana is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpalana are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mpalana is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 2,168,849. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Mayuge District, where 44 percent reside, Bugiri District, where 11 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 6 percent reside. Other than Uganda it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Mpalana
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