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 most common in Lesotho. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpetjo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Mpetjo reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 37,640. In Lesotho Mpetjo is most prevalent in: Mokhotlong District, where 78 percent reside, Maseru District, where 15 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 2 percent reside. Not including Lesotho Mpetjo is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Mpetjo
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