Mpendo Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mpendo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpendo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda4581:85,2398,982
Cameroon361:576,91944,454
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Congo101:498,91011,250
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
England31:18,572,686338,250
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mpendo (13) may also be a first name.

Mpendo Last Name Facts

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

Mpendo is most common in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpendo? popularity and diffusion

Mpendo is the 550,571st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname Mpendo is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mpendo are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mpendo is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 13 people.

This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 85,239. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Buyende District, where 50 percent are found, Kamuli District, where 26 percent are found and Luuka District, where 7 percent are found. Beside Uganda Mpendo occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpendou922/
Mpiendo921/
Mpendho921/
Mpenda837,284/
Mpindo83491/
Mpindou77493/
Mpoenda771/
Mpeenda771/
Mbpindo771/
Mpendaa771/
Bendo737,633/
Vendo7399/
Mpnda734/
M'Pindou717/
Mpinda6716,231/
Bendoy673,389/
Bendou672,641/
Bendot67500/
Boendo67411/
Biendo67263/
Bendos67156/
Vendou67143/
Baendo6797/
Benduo6755/
Buendo6754/
Bhendo6738/
Bendoo6715/
Bendoh676/
Beundo673/
Bendoa673/
Npenda673/
Bendoj673/
Beendo672/
Bendod671/
Mpemda671/
Npindo671/
Veendo671/
Bendoi671/
Vendoh671/

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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 Mpendo
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