Mpessa Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Mpessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 632 | 1:32,862 | 4,425 |
| Tanzania | 59 | 1:897,315 | 44,154 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mpessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpessa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mpessa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpessa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 476,893rd most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. The surname Mpessa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpessa are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 632 people, or 1 in 32,862. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 58 percent live, Centre Region, where 34 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent live and The Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mpessa
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