Mpembeni Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mpembeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpembeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3151:168,06914,835
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mpembeni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mpembeni is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpembeni? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 761,666th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name Mpembeni is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpembeni live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 168,069. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 36 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 35 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 25 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Mpembeni Last Name Statistics demography

Mpembeni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.37% less than the national average, earning R 113,196 per year.

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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 Mpembeni
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