Mpondwa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Mpondwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Mpondwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpondwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpondwa is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpondwa? popularity and diffusion
Mpondwa is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpondwa reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,761,102. In Zambia Mpondwa is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 56 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 44 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 13 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
- 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 Mpondwa
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