Mphungu Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Mphungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mphungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mphungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mphungu is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mphungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,364,059th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mphungu reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mphungu is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpungu | 92 | 9,121 | / |
| Mphugu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpuungu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mmpungu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nphungu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mpunu | 83 | 78 | / |
| Mpugu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mpoungou | 80 | 99 | / |
| Mpung'uh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mpongu | 77 | 275 | / |
| Mfungu | 77 | 93 | / |
| Npungu | 77 | 68 | / |
| Bhungu | 77 | 55 | / |
| Mpuunu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Vhungu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mphogu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mpumgu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mpunou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mpunnu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mpunud | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpuguz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbpoungou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mpounou | 71 | 130 | / |
| Bahungu | 71 | 119 | / |
| Mpongou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mpuguha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mpougou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bhunguu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bungu | 67 | 4,401 | / |
| Vungu | 67 | 3,313 | / |
| Mfunu | 67 | 164 | / |
| Mfoungou | 67 | 50 | / |
| Bhugu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Npunu | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Mphungu
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