Mposhi Surname
Approximately 4,541 people bear this surname
Mposhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4,139 | 1:17,850 | 2,224 |
| Zimbabwe | 272 | 1:56,758 | 8,599 |
| Zambia | 114 | 1:139,034 | 10,179 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mposhi (260) may also be a first name.
Mposhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mposhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mposhi occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mposhi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 103,528th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,604,833 people. The last name Mposhi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mposhi reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mposhi is also the 552,051st most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 260 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4,139 people, or 1 in 17,850. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and Zambia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Mposhi
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