Mpelangwa Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Mpelangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 80 | 1:661,770 | 39,157 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mpelangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpelangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpelangwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpelangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. Mpelangwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpelangwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania Mpelangwa is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 80 percent live, Iringa Region, where 11 percent live and Njombe Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mpelangwa
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