Mpambuka Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Mpambuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 182 | 1:290,888 | 22,561 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpambuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpambuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpambuka is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mpambuka.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpambuka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,257,535th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpambuka are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 290,888. In Tanzania Mpambuka is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 62 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 37 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphambuka | 94 | 2 | / |
| Bambuka | 80 | 69 | / |
| Mpamboke | 75 | 23 | / |
| Bambouka | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mpomboka | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bambukha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Basimbuka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpambokeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Batimbuka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bamboka | 67 | 35 | / |
| Bambuko | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bambuca | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vamvuka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vamvouka | 63 | 153 | / |
| Bambuscay | 59 | 5 | / |
| Bambuscai | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bomboka | 53 | 1,156 | / |
| Bamboko | 53 | 75 | / |
| Bambuco | 53 | 3 | / |
| Bombokka | 50 | 89 | / |
| Bonvouka | 50 | 4 | / |
| Bombooka | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Mpambuka
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