Mpete Surname

57,401st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,822 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mpete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,3691:12,4001,538
DR Congo2,4291:30,4163,812
Tanzania1,3571:39,0144,468
Botswana4031:5,427849
Lesotho2111:9,6332,184
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Mpete (348) may also be a first name.

Mpete Last Name Facts

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

Mpete is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mpete click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpete? popularity and diffusion

It is the 57,401st most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 826,065 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpete live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mpete is also the 467,354th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 348 people.

The surname Mpete is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 4,369 people, or 1 in 12,400. In South Africa Mpete is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 40 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Limpopo, where 14 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live and Tanzania, where 15 percent live.

Mpete Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mpete earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.19% less than the national average, earning R 168,264 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpeete91163/
Mpethe9148/
Mphete9131/
Mpetie9110/
Mpeter915/
Mpoete914/
Mpetje911/
'Mpete911/
M'Pete911/
Mpiete911/
Mpetey911/
Mpet8915/
Mphethe83220/
Mpettey831/
Mpetteu831/
Mpeta805,149/
Mpate803,076/
Mpeti801,928/
Mpote80512/
Mpety8023/
Mpite806/
Mpiet805/
Mphet803/
Npete802/
Mpeat801/
'Mphethe771/
Mpetha73532/
Mphote73492/
Mpheta73480/
Mpheti73101/
Mpetta7384/
Mphate7365/
Mpethi7337/
Mpotey7321/
Mpeeta7313/
M'Peta7310/
Mpetit735/
M'Pote733/
Mphite733/
Mpeath732/
Mpaate731/
Mpeita731/
Mpatee731/
Npeter731/
N'Pete731/
Mpieta731/
Mpesti731/
Mpeiti731/
Mpatea731/
Mpotte731/
Mpetti731/
Mpatte731/
Nmphet731/
Bete6723,356/
Vete672,268/
Mphethi671,390/
Mpit6762/
Mphetha6719/
Mpesthi674/
Npet672/
Mpyt671/
Mpjt671/
Mphotte671/
Mphoeti671/
'Mpetha671/
Mped671/
M'Peath671/

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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 Mpete
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