Mponya Surname

167,097th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,589 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mponya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mponya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,9871:8,6161,315
South Africa2371:228,59823,729
Tanzania1571:337,20825,147
Zimbabwe1331:116,07715,782
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Cameroon181:1,153,83770,128
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mponya (60) may also be a first name.

Mponya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mponya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mponya is found most in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mponya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 167,097th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,814,811 people. Mponya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mponya are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mponya is also the 1,270,172nd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 60 people.

The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,987 people, or 1 in 8,616. Other than Malawi Mponya is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 percent reside.

Mponya Last Name Statistics demography

Mponya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.99% less than the national average, earning R 78,456 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphonya9232/
Mpanya839,576/
Mponyo83317/
Mponia8325/
Mpunya8314/
Mponja835/
Mponha834/
Mpogna831/
Mphanya771,712/
Mphonyo77119/
Mphunya7712/
Mpongia774/
Mpaanya772/
Mpanyae771/
Mppanya771/
Mpannya771/
'Mpanya771/
Bonya734,752/
Vonya73162/
M'Pfunya711/
Boonya67561/
Bonnya67546/
Bounya67352/
Mpanja67294/
Mponjo67276/
Mpania67225/
Mpunja67187/
Buonya67116/
Bonyah6766/
Voynya6733/
Bonyaa6728/
Bonyea6712/
Bhonya679/
Boinya676/
Boynya674/
Npanya672/
Bonyay671/
Mpanha671/
Bonjya671/
Vonnya671/
Botnya671/
Vonyea671/
Mpagna671/
Nponyo671/
Mpanyo671/

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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 Mponya
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