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 held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mpanja is the 906,170th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mpanja live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 136,980. In Uganda Mpanja is most prevalent in: Kabarole District, where 31 percent live, Kampala District, where 21 percent live and Hoima District, where 16 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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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