Mphalu Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Mphalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mphalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mphalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mphalu is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mphalu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mphalu is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Mphalu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphalu live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Mphalu is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 67 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live and Limpopo, where 17 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphahlu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpalu | 91 | 351 | / |
| Mpaalu | 83 | 37 | / |
| Mpahlu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mpehlu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpaleu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mphehlu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mpatlou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bhalu | 73 | 3,006 | / |
| Mpolu | 73 | 155 | / |
| Mpelu | 73 | 60 | / |
| Mfalu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhallu | 67 | 424 | / |
| Bahalu | 67 | 368 | / |
| Mpuilu | 67 | 234 | / |
| Mfaleu | 67 | 62 | / |
| Bhatlu | 67 | 40 | / |
| Bhailu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Bhalau | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bhaulu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bhalud | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mpoolu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mpeliu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhaluu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhealu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhaliu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhalup | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhalgu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bhalus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bhaluj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bhalui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhaylu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpoulu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhgalu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhalou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hbalou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mphalu
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