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
The last name Mpalume is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpalume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 676,370th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,525,047 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpalume are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Outside of Malawi Mpalume is found in 5 countries. It also occurs 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
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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
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