Mpenda Surname
Approximately 7,284 people bear this surname
Mpenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,276 | 1:10,034 | 1,301 |
| DR Congo | 958 | 1:77,119 | 8,957 |
| Malawi | 915 | 1:18,709 | 2,930 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Mpenda (288) may also be a first name.
Mpenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpenda occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpenda? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 68,225th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,000,487 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpenda reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mpenda is also the 520,883rd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 288 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5,276 people, or 1 in 10,034. In Tanzania Mpenda is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 32 percent live, Katavi Region, where 12 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Mpenda occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Malawi, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpoenda | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpeenda | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpendaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpnda | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mpinda | 83 | 16,231 | / |
| Mpende | 83 | 1,465 | / |
| Mpendo | 83 | 580 | / |
| Mpendi | 83 | 43 | / |
| Npenda | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mpemda | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpiendj | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mpindat | 77 | 3 | / |
| M'Pinda | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mpendou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mpiendo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpendho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpendje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpindha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Benda | 73 | 18,187 | / |
| Venda | 73 | 1,905 | / |
| Mpndi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpindi | 67 | 5,264 | / |
| Bendas | 67 | 2,135 | / |
| Bendaj | 67 | 657 | / |
| Buenda | 67 | 497 | / |
| Mpindo | 67 | 491 | / |
| Bendah | 67 | 477 | / |
| Bienda | 67 | 418 | / |
| Bendea | 67 | 333 | / |
| Bendaş | 67 | 126 | / |
| Baenda | 67 | 90 | / |
| Bendga | 67 | 86 | / |
| Venday | 67 | 74 | / |
| Boenda | 67 | 63 | / |
| Bendau | 67 | 56 | / |
| Bendat | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bendai | 67 | 46 | / |
| Bhenda | 67 | 41 | / |
| Benday | 67 | 40 | / |
| Beenda | 67 | 35 | / |
| Mpinde | 67 | 30 | / |
| Bendaa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Npinda | 67 | 25 | / |
| Bendad | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bendaz | 67 | 16 | / |
| Bendha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Behnda | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bendda | 67 | 5 | / |
| Beunda | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vendea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bendoa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bendaš | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpndez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bennda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vennda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpindy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Npendi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vendha | 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 Mpenda
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