Mpengu Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mpengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpengu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3451:157,03717,712
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphengu925/
Mpnengu921/
Mpngu914/
Mpenu913/
Mpingu831,248/
Mpenou831/
Mpuungu779/
Mpingou775/
Bengu736,683/
Vengu7391/
Mpinu7348/
Npenu7342/
Bhengu6736,121/
Benggu67413/
Bengou67351/
Bengau67136/
Bengus6777/
Pgu6765/
Buengu6734/
Bengut6721/
Vengou6714/
Mpinou6714/
Beengu678/
Biengu675/
Benghu673/
Npingu671/
Benngu671/
Venguh671/
Venghu671/
Bemngu671/
Behngu671/
Bnengu671/
Baengu671/
Beungu671/
Boengu671/
Benguş671/

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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 Mpengu
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