Mporu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mporu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mporu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Mporu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mporu is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mporu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mporu reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe Mporu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mporau9112/
Mporou917/
Mpourou838/
Mporgou831/
Mpuru802,522/
Mparu8057/
Mperu8014/
M'Porgou778/
Mphuru731,290/
Mpharu73289/
Mparru73100/
Mparou732/
Mpeeru731/
Mpaaru731/
Mpauru731/
Mpuruu731/
Boru6735,620/
Voru6754/
Mphurhu671/
Mpaarou671/

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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 Mporu
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