Mpume Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Mpume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 379 | 1:139,688 | 12,861 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mpume (1,612) may also be a first name.
Mpume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpume is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpume? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 699,651st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpume live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mpume is also the 192,433rd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 1,612 people.
The surname Mpume is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 139,688. In Tanzania Mpume is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 74 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 20 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphume | 91 | 68 | / |
| Mpueme | 91 | 55 | / |
| Mpumie | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mpoume | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mpum | 89 | 55 | / |
| Mpoumie | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mpuumei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpuma | 80 | 1,400 | / |
| Mpome | 80 | 304 | / |
| Mpoum | 80 | 281 | / |
| Mpumi | 80 | 255 | / |
| Mpime | 80 | 37 | / |
| Npume | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mpumy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mpeum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mpouma | 73 | 825 | / |
| Mphuma | 73 | 323 | / |
| Mpfoum | 73 | 102 | / |
| Mpieme | 73 | 40 | / |
| Npaume | 73 | 34 | / |
| M'Pome | 73 | 16 | / |
| Mphumi | 73 | 15 | / |
| Mpuuma | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mpoumi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nmpuma | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mpumma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mpauma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpfuma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpomie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpummy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mphome | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpuemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpomey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Npeume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpumha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bume | 67 | 510 | / |
| Mpom | 67 | 233 | / |
| Vume | 67 | 29 | / |
| Mpfoumi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Npoumie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpfouma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Npum | 67 | 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 Mpume
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