Mpingwa Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Mpingwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 205 | 1:258,252 | 20,734 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpingwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpingwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpingwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpingwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,118,459th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpingwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 258,252. In Tanzania Mpingwa is most common in: Arusha Region, where 38 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 25 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 16 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mpingwa
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