Mpongwe Surname
Approximately 1,553 people bear this surname
Mpongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,475 | 1:10,746 | 1,243 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpongwe (52) may also be a first name.
Mpongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpongwe is most common in Zambia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpongwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 254,336th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,692,560 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpongwe are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 52 people.
The last name Mpongwe is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,475 people, or 1 in 10,746. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Northern Province, where 43 percent are found, Luapula Province, where 28 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Zambia Mpongwe exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphonngwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mpungwe | 86 | 4,150 | / |
| Mpangwe | 86 | 1,654 | / |
| Mpongue | 86 | 149 | / |
| Mpongwa | 86 | 43 | / |
| Mphangwe | 80 | 690 | / |
| Mphongwa | 80 | 15 | / |
| Mpoungue | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Pungwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mmphangwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mpangwa | 71 | 2,075 | / |
| Mpungue | 71 | 1,904 | / |
| Mpongui | 71 | 840 | / |
| Mpangue | 71 | 137 | / |
| Mpungwa | 71 | 62 | / |
| Npangwe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mpumgwe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Npungwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Npongue | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mpoungui | 67 | 961 | / |
| Mpang'wa | 67 | 171 | / |
| Mphangwa | 67 | 38 | / |
| Mphungwa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mpangoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Poungui | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mmphungwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mpangui | 57 | 62 | / |
| Mponqui | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mpungui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mpungua | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mpankuhe | 53 | 91 | / |
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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 Mpongwe
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