Mpapi Surname
Approximately 1,393 people bear this surname
Mpapi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,292 | 1:40,976 | 4,686 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpapi (292) may also be a first name.
Mpapi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpapi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpapi is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpapi? popularity and diffusion
Mpapi is the 277,914th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,231,548 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpapi are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 516,683rd most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 292 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,292 people, or 1 in 40,976. In Tanzania Mpapi is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 74 percent live, Tabora Region, where 10 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpapai | 91 | 329 | / |
| Mpaphi | 91 | 66 | / |
| Mpapie | 91 | 62 | / |
| Mphapi | 91 | 5 | / |
| Mpaapi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mphaphi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mpapa | 80 | 2,339 | / |
| Mpepi | 80 | 264 | / |
| Mpape | 80 | 137 | / |
| Npapi | 80 | 33 | / |
| Mpopi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Mpapea | 73 | 254 | / |
| Mpaapa | 73 | 154 | / |
| Mpapha | 73 | 71 | / |
| Mpapay | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mpepie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpopoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| 'Mpapa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpaphe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpopis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bapi | 67 | 1,562 | / |
| Vapi | 67 | 1,214 | / |
| Mphephi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mphepie | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mpapeea | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mpapaya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mphopoi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mphophi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mphapha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mpapi
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