Mposiwa Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Mposiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 131 | 1:404,134 | 28,508 |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
Mposiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mposiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mposiwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mposiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mposiwa is the 1,267,784th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mposiwa live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mposiwa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 404,134. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Iringa Region, where 90 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 7 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Mposiwa exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 28 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 Mposiwa
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