Mposwa Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mposwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mposwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3191:169,83618,888
Zambia1001:158,49911,214
Zimbabwe461:335,61432,404
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mposwa (17) may also be a first name.

Mposwa Last Name Facts

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

Mposwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mposwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mposwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 649,026th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name Mposwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mposwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mposwa is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 17 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 169,836. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Western Cape, where 16 percent live. Not including South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 21 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live.

Mposwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mposwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.66% less than the national average, earning R 86,352 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphoswa92131/
Mposhwa925/
Mpaswa8331/
Mpuswa832/
Mposva831/
Mpatswa774/
Mpeshwa773/
Mphatswa7129/
Mpheshwa7111/
Mpasua6786/
Mpaswe6749/
Mpuzwa675/
Mphatshwa674/
Mphathswa671/
Mphazwa6212/
Mphuzwa621/
Mphaswe621/
Mpahazwa571/
Mpazwe502/

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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 Mposwa
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