Mpepe Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mpepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1581:12,8642,848
South Africa1381:392,59234,819
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mpepe (221) may also be a first name.

Mpepe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mpepe has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpepe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mpepe is the 793,288th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The surname Mpepe is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mpepe live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mpepe is also the 606,684th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 221 people.

This last name is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 12,864. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Butha-Buthe District, where 90 percent are found, Leribe District, where 4 percent are found and Qacha's Nek District, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 39 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.

Mpepe Last Name Statistics demography

Mpepe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.82% less than the national average, earning R 219,048 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpeepe9118/
Mphepe917/
Mpephe913/
Mpepee911/
Mpepie911/
Mpepea911/
Mphephe8362/
Mphepie8311/
Mphepje831/
Mpiepeh831/
Mpepi80264/
Mpape80137/
Mpope80109/
Mpepa8083/
Mpipe8022/
Npepe806/
Mpepp801/
Mpeph801/
Mpapea73254/
Mphepa7322/
Mpuipe731/
Mpepha731/
Mpopey731/
Bepe671,480/
Mpeb6741/
Mpev6735/
Vepe6730/
Mphephi6719/
Mphepha6719/
Mpapeea676/
Mpip675/
Npep671/
Mpjp671/

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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 Mpepe
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