Mpangwa Surname

201,006th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mpangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,7971:29,4613,510
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Zambia691:229,70914,265
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mpangwa (17) may also be a first name.

Mpangwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mpangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mpangwa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mpangwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpangwa? popularity and diffusion

Mpangwa is the 201,006th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,512,070 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpangwa reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 17 people.

The last name Mpangwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,797 people, or 1 in 29,461. In Tanzania Mpangwa is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 24 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 15 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Mpangwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mpangwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.39% less than the national average, earning R 132,156 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpang'wa93171/
Mphangwa9338/
Mpangwau934/
Mpangwe861,654/
Mpongwa8643/
Mpangba865/
Mphangwe80690/
Mpanguau8027/
Mphongwa8015/
Mphengwa802/
Mpotengwa751/
Mmphangwe751/
Mpongwe711,553/
Mpangue71137/
Mpangui7162/
Npangwe715/
Mpangoue671/
Mphonngwe631/
Mpongui57840/
Mpongue57149/
Mpoungui53961/
Mpankuhe5391/
Mpoungue531/
M'Poungui502/

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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 Mpangwa
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