Mpelwa Surname
Approximately 1,397 people bear this surname
Mpelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,392 | 1:38,033 | 4,381 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mpelwa (7,140) may also be a first name.
Mpelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpelwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpelwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 277,333rd most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,216,568 people. Mpelwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpelwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mpelwa is also the 76,618th most common first name throughout the world, held by 7,140 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,392 people, or 1 in 38,033. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 43 percent live, Geita Region, where 20 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 16 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 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 Mpelwa
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