Mpokwa Surname

311,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mpokwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpokwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8031:65,9306,976
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Mpokwa Last Name Facts

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

Mpokwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mpokwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpokwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 311,195th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,022,765 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpokwa live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mpokwa is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 803 people, or 1 in 65,930. In Tanzania Mpokwa is primarily found in: Mtwara Region, where 44 percent live, Lindi Region, where 29 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpokwe83478/
Mpekwa83200/
Mpakwa8331/
Mpukwa832/
Mpogwa831/
Mpocwa831/
Mphekwa778/
Mphakwa772/
Mphocwa771/
Mpugwa67159/
Mpukwe6721/
Mpakwe6716/
Mpucwa677/
Mpagwa674/
Mpuqwa671/
Mpogba671/
Mpeqwa671/
Mpekwo671/
Mpekua671/
Mpogwe671/

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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
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  • 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 Mpokwa
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