Mpanye Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Mpanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 141 | 1:375,472 | 27,321 |
| Lesotho | 58 | 1:35,044 | 6,291 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Mpanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpanye is most common in Tanzania. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpanye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,177,228th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. Mpanye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpanye live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 375,472. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 96 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 3 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 29 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphanye | 92 | 301 | / |
| Mpfanye | 92 | 210 | / |
| Mpaunye | 92 | 10 | / |
| Mpangaye | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mpange | 83 | 4,391 | / |
| Mpanje | 83 | 1,543 | / |
| Mponye | 83 | 614 | / |
| Mpagne | 83 | 9 | / |
| Mpanhe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mpanie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpanoe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mphanje | 77 | 1,132 | / |
| Mpangie | 77 | 62 | / |
| Mpanyia | 77 | 48 | / |
| Mphange | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mpaniya | 77 | 6 | / |
| M'Panhe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mpainei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mphanoe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpangee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mphonye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mponeye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Banye | 73 | 1,346 | / |
| Vanye | 73 | 119 | / |
| Mpangayi | 71 | 136 | / |
| Mpangaje | 71 | 133 | / |
| Mpangaya | 71 | 18 | / |
| Mpangeya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpangoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mponge | 67 | 546 | / |
| Mpanji | 67 | 377 | / |
| Mpanja | 67 | 294 | / |
| Mponje | 67 | 166 | / |
| Banyea | 67 | 131 | / |
| Mponie | 67 | 117 | / |
| Banyie | 67 | 116 | / |
| Banyeh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Bhanye | 67 | 23 | / |
| Bannye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Banyep | 67 | 6 | / |
| Banyet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mpanou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Banyed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanhye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanyhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Banyoe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vanyea | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mpanye
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