Mpalume Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
Mpalume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| Zambia | 15 | 1:1,056,661 | 30,252 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mpalume (21) may also be a first name.
Mpalume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpalume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpalume occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Mpalume click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalume? popularity and diffusion
Mpalume is the 676,370th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. The last name Mpalume is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpalume live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mpalume is also the 2,368,944th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent reside and Zambia, where 3 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 Mpalume
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