Mpawu Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mpawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1311:413,57036,044
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673

Mpawu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mpawu is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpawu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mpawu is the 1,085,744th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpawu are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 413,570. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 37 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 33 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent reside. Barring South Africa Mpawu exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.

Mpawu Last Name Statistics demography

Mpawu earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.49% less than the national average, earning R 186,564 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphawu911/
Mpewu8056/
Mpabu8034/
Mpowu8027/
Mpavu8024/
Mphewu732/
Mpabou731/
Mpewui731/
Mpovu6024/
Mpevu6019/
Npavu601/
Mphevu5553/
Mpobou554/
Mphovu552/
Mpobeu551/
Mpoubou5010/
Mpeibou501/

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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 Mpawu
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