Mpanja Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Mpanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 285 | 1:136,980 | 12,468 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mpanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpanja is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mpanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mpanja is the 906,170th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mpanja reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mpanja is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 136,980. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kabarole District, where 31 percent are found, Kampala District, where 21 percent are found and Hoima District, where 16 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mpanja
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