Mpombwe Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Mpombwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mpombwe (30) may also be a first name.
Mpombwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpombwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpombwe has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpombwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mpombwe is the 959,117th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. The last name Mpombwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpombwe are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 30 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Other than Malawi it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 32 percent live and Zimbabwe, 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 Mpombwe
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