Mpenba Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Mpenba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpenba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mpenba Last Name Facts

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

Mpenba occurs in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpenba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpenba live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 4,989,096. In The Congo Mpenba is mostly concentrated in: Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 100 percent live. Other than The Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Zambia, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpemba8349,650/
Mpenbe832/
Mpenbo831/
Mpenwa831/
M'Pemba7717/
Mpienwa7713/
Mpembah773/
Mpeemba771/
Benba731,474/
Venba735/
Mpmba731/
Mpiembea711/
Mpembe6723,159/
Mpembi67687/
Mpimba67424/
Benbah67310/
Mpembo67177/
Npemba6735/
Mpinwa6723/
Benbay6714/
Benbat679/
Benbaa675/
Benbha674/
Benbaz672/
Bienba672/
Mpembè671/
Mpinua671/
Benbas671/
Benbau671/
Mpemwa671/

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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
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  • 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 Mpenba
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