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
Mpengu has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mpengu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpengu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 719,876th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. Mpengu occurs mostly 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 commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 345 people, or 1 in 157,037. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Western Cape, where 13 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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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