Mpumi Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Mpumi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mpumi (980) may also be a first name.
Mpumi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpumi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpumi is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpumi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,001,271st most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name Mpumi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mpumi are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 257,336th most common first name worldwide, borne by 980 people.
The last name Mpumi is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 229,184. In Tanzania it is most common in: Singida Region, where 51 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 46 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mphumi | 91 | 15 | / |
| Mpumie | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mpoumi | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mpuemi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mpfoumi | 83 | 12 | / |
| Mpoumie | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mpuumei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpuma | 80 | 1,400 | / |
| Mpume | 80 | 421 | / |
| Mpomi | 80 | 83 | / |
| Mpimi | 80 | 13 | / |
| Mpumy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mpouma | 73 | 825 | / |
| Mphuma | 73 | 323 | / |
| Mphume | 73 | 68 | / |
| Mpueme | 73 | 55 | / |
| Mpuuma | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mpimai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nmpuma | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mpumma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mphomi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpfuma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpauma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpummy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpiemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpoume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpomie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpumha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vumi | 67 | 3,780 | / |
| Bumi | 67 | 2,810 | / |
| Npoumie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mpfouma | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Mpumi
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