Mpeyiwa Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mpeyiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpeyiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mpeyiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mpeyiwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpeyiwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Mpeyiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mpeyiwa are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,102,731. In Zimbabwe Mpeyiwa is most common in: Midlands Province, where 86 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 7 percent reside and Matabeleland South Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Mpeyiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mpeyiwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.99% less than the national average, earning R 68,928 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpeiwa9293/
Mpejiwa861,373/
M'Peiwa861/
Mpeyewa861/
Mpheiwa861/
Mpaiwa7761/
Mpiewa7715/
Mpoiwa771/
Mpoyawa714/
Mpeyabo711/
Mphejwa711/
Mpoyiba711/
Mpiwe677/

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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 Mpeyiwa
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