Mpalla Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Mpalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 151 | 1:137,543 | 15,369 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mpalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpalla occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mpalla.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mpalla is the 1,385,851st most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mpalla are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 137,543. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 46 percent are found, East Region, where 37 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Mpalla is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 2 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 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
- 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 Mpalla
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