Mpooya Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Mpooya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 263 | 1:148,438 | 13,197 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mpooya Demographics
Mpooya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mpooya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpooya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpooya is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpooya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 950,707th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name Mpooya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpooya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mpooya is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 148,438. In Uganda Mpooya is primarily concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 41 percent reside, Luuka District, where 27 percent reside and Buyende District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Mpooya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpoya | 91 | 4,056 | / |
| Mpooa | 91 | 273 | / |
| Mpouya | 83 | 16 | / |
| Mphoya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpoyaa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpooye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpoy | 80 | 1,841 | / |
| Mpoa | 80 | 99 | / |
| Mpoyo | 73 | 45,189 | / |
| Mpoyi | 73 | 25,996 | / |
| Mpuya | 73 | 3,928 | / |
| Mpaya | 73 | 2,136 | / |
| Mpeya | 73 | 666 | / |
| Mpiya | 73 | 561 | / |
| Mpoye | 73 | 110 | / |
| Booya | 73 | 84 | / |
| Mpojo | 73 | 12 | / |
| Mpoja | 73 | 9 | / |
| M'Poy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mbpoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mphoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpoyp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpuoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpioa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mphaya | 67 | 2,614 | / |
| Mphiya | 67 | 655 | / |
| Mphoyo | 67 | 288 | / |
| Bhooya | 67 | 93 | / |
| Mphoyi | 67 | 76 | / |
| M'Poyo | 67 | 59 | / |
| Mpouyi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mpoyio | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mpayah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mphoja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mpoiyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| M'Peya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mmpaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpheya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpouye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mphioa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmpoyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmpouy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mphoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpaaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Poyi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mpooya
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