Mpefo Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mpefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1221:433,94830,252
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Mpefo Last Name Facts

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

Mpefo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpefo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mpefo is the 1,612,213th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mpefo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 433,948. In Tanzania Mpefo is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 96 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside and Njombe Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphefo9141/
Mpofo80238/
Mpifo8068/
Mpefa803/
Mpepho73563/
Mphafo7323/
Mphofo735/
Befo67147/
Mphepho677/
Mpfopfo671/

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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 Mpefo
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