Mpengu Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Mpengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 345 | 1:157,037 | 17,712 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Mpengu Demographics
Average Mpengu Salary in
South Africa
R 136,860
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mpengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpengu is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpengu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mpengu is the 719,876th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpengu live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 345 people, or 1 in 157,037. In South Africa Mpengu is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Western Cape, where 13 percent reside. Barring South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Mpengu Last Name Statistics demography
Mpengu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.41% less than the national average, earning R 136,860 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphengu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mpnengu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpngu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mpenu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Mpingu | 83 | 1,248 | / |
| Mpenou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpuungu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mpingou | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bengu | 73 | 6,683 | / |
| Vengu | 73 | 91 | / |
| Mpinu | 73 | 48 | / |
| Npenu | 73 | 42 | / |
| Bhengu | 67 | 36,121 | / |
| Benggu | 67 | 413 | / |
| Bengou | 67 | 351 | / |
| Bengau | 67 | 136 | / |
| Bengus | 67 | 77 | / |
| Pgu | 67 | 65 | / |
| Buengu | 67 | 34 | / |
| Bengut | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vengou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mpinou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Beengu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Biengu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Benghu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Npingu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benngu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Venguh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Venghu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bemngu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behngu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bnengu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baengu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boengu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benguş | 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 Mpengu
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