Mpotwa Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Mpotwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 132 | 1:401,073 | 28,352 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mpotwa Demographics
Average Mpotwa Salary in
South Africa
R 41,736
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mpotwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpotwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpotwa is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpotwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mpotwa is the 966,131st most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpotwa live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 401,073. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 66 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 7 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 49 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Mpotwa Last Name Statistics demography
Mpotwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.44% less than the national average, earning R 41,736 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphotwa | 92 | 288 | / |
| Mpatwa | 83 | 200 | / |
| Mputwa | 83 | 69 | / |
| Mpetwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mpotwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpathwa | 77 | 40 | / |
| Mphatwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mphothwe | 71 | 84 | / |
| Mphethwa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mphuthwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mphathwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mpadwa | 67 | 86 | / |
| Mpatwe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mpedwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nputwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mputwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mphatwe | 62 | 296 | / |
| Mpatuoa | 62 | 19 | / |
| Mpaddwa | 62 | 16 | / |
| Mphedwa | 62 | 10 | / |
| Mpatwey | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mphathwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mpadwe | 50 | 5 | / |
| Npadwa | 50 | 2 | / |
| Mpadue | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mputui | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mpotwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis