Mpowe Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mpowe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana881:24,8515,011
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mpowe (10) may also be a first name.

Mpowe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mpowe occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mpowe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpowe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mpowe are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mpowe is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name globally, held by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 24,851. Besides Botswana this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpoweh911/
Mpouwe911/
Mpowet911/
Mpoe89942/
Mpow891/
Mpewe80356/
Mpoye80110/
Mpuwe8016/
Mpobe8015/
Mpoue809/
Mpawe809/
Mpoei809/
Mpoje803/
Mpoie801/
Mpouet73466/
M'Poue73282/
Mpoued7368/
Mpaswe7349/
Mphobe7343/
Mpoeea7329/
Mpuhwe734/
Mpoube732/
Mpouve732/
Mpouye732/
Mpoiwa731/
Mpoobe731/
Mpooye731/
Mpouei731/
Mpojje731/
Mphewe731/
Mpojwa731/
Mpouey731/
Mpoy671,841/
Mpye671,199/
Mpou67492/
Mpei67418/
Mpee67395/
Mpey67348/
Mpea67323/
Mpoi67190/
Mpie67106/
Mpoa6799/
Mpae6787/
Mpochue6768/
M'Pouet6741/
M'Pouei6713/
Mpeu6712/
Mpue674/
Mpoj674/
Npoe673/
Mpouvie672/
M'Poeyo671/
Mpojeje671/
Mpoueth671/
Mpej671/
Mphohge671/
Mpahawe671/

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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 Mpowe
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