Mpombwa Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Mpombwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpombwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpombwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpombwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpombwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mpombwa is the 2,273,756th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Mpombwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpombwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 227,033. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 22 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mpombwa
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