Mpimbe Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Mpimbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 383 | 1:138,229 | 12,761 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mpimbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpimbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpimbe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpimbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 718,674th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpimbe live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 138,229. In Tanzania Mpimbe is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 97 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 2 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpiembea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mpembe | 83 | 23,159 | / |
| Mpimbi | 83 | 1,319 | / |
| Mpumbe | 83 | 776 | / |
| Mpimba | 83 | 424 | / |
| Mpembee | 77 | 498 | / |
| Mphimba | 77 | 132 | / |
| Mphembe | 77 | 14 | / |
| M'Pembe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mpembet | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mpember | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mphimbi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpaembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpembie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpembed | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Pimba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bimbe | 73 | 2,361 | / |
| Vimbe | 73 | 175 | / |
| Mpmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpemba | 67 | 49,650 | / |
| Biembe | 67 | 877 | / |
| Mpembi | 67 | 687 | / |
| Mpumbi | 67 | 447 | / |
| Bimber | 67 | 296 | / |
| Biombe | 67 | 167 | / |
| Baimbe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mpimwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bimbea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bimbet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mpenbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpemve | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vaimbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bimbie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpembè | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vhimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Npumbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhimbe | 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
- 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 Mpimbe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis