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
Mpambuka is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpambuka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,257,535th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name Mpambuka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpambuka reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 290,888. In Tanzania Mpambuka is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 62 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 37 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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