Mpilima Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Mpilima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 95 | 1:557,280 | 35,395 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mpilima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpilima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpilima is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpilima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,871,545th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpilima are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 557,280. In Tanzania Mpilima is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 98 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 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 Mpilima
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