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 occurs most in Malawi. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpombwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 959,117th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpombwe reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 30 people.
The surname Mpombwe is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Barring Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 32 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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