Mphuru Surname
Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname
Mphuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,285 | 1:41,200 | 4,706 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Mphuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mphuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mphuru is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mphuru.
How Common Is The Last Name Mphuru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 295,590th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,649,260 people. Mphuru is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphuru reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mphuru is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,285 people, or 1 in 41,200. In Tanzania Mphuru is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 56 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 25 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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
- 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 Mphuru
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