Mpoku Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mpoku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpoku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3081:239,86923,092
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mpoku (44) may also be a first name.

Mpoku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mpoku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mpoku is found most in The DR Congo. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpoku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 821,713th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name Mpoku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mpoku are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 44 people.

This surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 308 people, or 1 in 239,869. Excluding The DR Congo this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphoku9135/
Mpuoku914/
Mpokou914/
Mpokgu911/
Mpoukou8375/
Mposkou831/
M'Pokou831/
Mpuku802,385/
Mpaku801,909/
Mpeku80202/
Npoku801/
Mpoukoup771/
Mpakou73290/
Mphuku7313/
Mpukhu732/
Mphaku732/
Mpakeu731/
Mpekou731/
Mpekeu731/
Boku676,908/
Mphokoe6714/
M'Pekou672/
M'Pakou671/
Npoukou671/
Mpakuhe671/
Mpeckeu671/

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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 Mpoku
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