Mphinji Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mphinji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mphinji Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mphinji Last Name Facts

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

Mphinji is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mphinji? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,055,483rd most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphinji live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpinji92551/
Mphinzi862/
Mphunji861/
Mpingi771,156/
Mpenji77278/
Mpunji77197/
Mpinja7766/
Bhinji777/
Mpinie775/
Mpunjai71112/
M'Pinie711/
Mpuingi711/
Mfindji711/
Bhiniji711/
Binji671,974/
Vinji678/
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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 Mphinji
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