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
The surname Mpelwa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mpelwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpelwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mpelwa is the 277,333rd most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,216,568 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpelwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 76,618th most common given name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,140 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,392 people, or 1 in 38,033. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 43 percent reside, Geita Region, where 20 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 16 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
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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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