Mpowa Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mpowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1571:470,57138,110
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Mpowa (22) may also be a first name.

Mpowa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mpowa is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpowa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mpowa is the 1,244,200th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpowa reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mpowa is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 22 people.

The surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 470,571. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 9 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.

Mpowa Last Name Statistics demography

Mpowa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.7% less than the national average, earning R 43,476 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpojwa911/
Mpoiwa911/
Mpow891/
Mbowa804,028/
Mpova801,032/
Mpawa80963/
Mpoba80405/
Mpowo805/
Mpfawa7314/
Mphawa7314/
Mpauwa7310/
Mpouba735/
M'Poba732/
Mbhowa731/
Mpahwa731/
Mpohba731/
Mphova731/
M'Bowa731/
Mphoba731/
M'Pova731/
Mbgowa731/
Mposva731/
Mpof679/
Mpav676/
Mpob673/
Mpab672/
Mpfouwo671/
Mpouwoh671/

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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 Mpowa
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