Mpetiwa Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Mpetiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
Mpetiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpetiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpetiwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpetiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Mpetiwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpetiwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mpetiwa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 454,066. In Zimbabwe Mpetiwa is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 53 percent live, Harare Province, where 38 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 3 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 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 Mpetiwa
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