Mpopela Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Mpopela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mpopela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpopela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpopela is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpopela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpopela are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Mpopela is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 59 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 41 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Mpopela
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