Mpengwa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Mpengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpengwa is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpengwa? popularity and diffusion
Mpengwa is the 7,593,402nd most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpengwa reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mpengwa is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Not including Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Mpengwa
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