Mpapu Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Mpapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 81 | 1:653,600 | 39,027 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mpapu (20) may also be a first name.
Mpapu Demographics
Average Mpapu Salary in
South Africa
R 159,600
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mpapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpapu is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpapu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Mpapu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpapu live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous forename globally It is held by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 653,600. In Tanzania it is most common in: Pwani Region, where 98 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and South Africa, where 15 percent reside.
Mpapu Last Name Statistics demography
Mpapu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.84% less than the national average, earning R 159,600 per year.
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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 Mpapu
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