Mpatiwa Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mpatiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mpatiwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe761:203,13523,436
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mpatiwa (52) may also be a first name.

Mpatiwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mpatiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mpatiwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpatiwa? popularity and diffusion

Mpatiwa is the 2,136,387th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Mpatiwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpatiwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mpatiwa is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently used first name internationally, held by 52 people.

The surname Mpatiwa is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 203,135. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Matabeleland South Province, where 50 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 47 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 1 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpathiwa931/
Mphatiwa931/
Mphathiwa8858/
Mpetiwa8643/
Mpotywa7169/
Mpotjwa7116/
Mpetywa712/
Mpateba711/
Mphotywa6754/
Mphetywa674/
Mpattuva671/
Npotywa571/
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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 Mpatiwa
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