Mpalazo Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Mpalazo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
Mpalazo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpalazo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpalazo is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mpalazo.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalazo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,108,016th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpalazo are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 213 people, or 1 in 248,552. In Tanzania Mpalazo is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live, Iringa Region, where 0 percent live and Kagera Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpalaza | 86 | 157 | / |
| Mpahlaza | 80 | 101 | / |
| Balazo | 77 | 659 | / |
| Valazo | 77 | 8 | / |
| Mphahlaza | 75 | 134 | / |
| Mpalacios | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mpalatsos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mpalasa | 71 | 357 | / |
| Balazot | 71 | 131 | / |
| Vallazo | 71 | 26 | / |
| Ballazo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Balazzo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Balazos | 71 | 2 | / |
| Balarzo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balazod | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balazou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpalesa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpaleso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphalasa | 67 | 366 | / |
| Mpalasha | 67 | 55 | / |
| Bagliazo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ballazco | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mpaliosa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Baliazio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Balazouz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpahlasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpalatsa | 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
- 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 Mpalazo
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