Mpelele Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Mpelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 249 | 1:212,617 | 17,846 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpelele is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mpelele.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpelele? popularity and diffusion
Mpelele is the 853,416th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpelele reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mpelele is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 249 people, or 1 in 212,617. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphehlele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mphaelele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mpelela | 86 | 96 | / |
| Mpolele | 86 | 61 | / |
| Mpeleli | 86 | 20 | / |
| Mpelile | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mpilele | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mpahlele | 80 | 79 | / |
| Mpheleli | 80 | 27 | / |
| Mphalele | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mphelela | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mmpolele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mpoeleli | 80 | 1 | / |
| Belele | 77 | 506 | / |
| Velele | 77 | 239 | / |
| Mphahlele | 75 | 31,037 | / |
| Mphohlele | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mphaalele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhpahlele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mphehleli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mphhalele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Belelie | 71 | 339 | / |
| Beleele | 71 | 78 | / |
| Belelei | 71 | 28 | / |
| Beleler | 71 | 3 | / |
| Beleleu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mpelila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Velelea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphahllele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphahlehle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpahahlele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bielele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphahalele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beleïle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beilele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpilela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veleley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mpitleli | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mphilela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mphahahlele | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mpahleli | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpoliele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belelech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beleëlie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beleilei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mpelele
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