Mpetjo Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Mpetjo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 54 | 1:37,640 | 6,590 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Mpetjo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpetjo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpetjo is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpetjo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mpetjo is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Mpetjo live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mpetjo is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 37,640. In Lesotho Mpetjo is most prevalent in: Mokhotlong District, where 78 percent live, Maseru District, where 15 percent live and Butha-Buthe District, where 2 percent live. Outside of Lesotho it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 6 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
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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
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