Mpungwa Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mpungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Mpungwa Last Name Facts

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

Mpungwa occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpungwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,436,415th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpungwa reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and Tanzania, where 16 percent reside.

Mpungwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mpungwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.36% less than the national average, earning R 89,436 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphungwa9314/
Mmphungwa881/
Mpungwe864,150/
Mpongwa8643/
Mpungua861/
Mphongwa8015/
M'Pungwe801/
Mpungue711,904/
Mpongwe711,553/
Mpumgwe715/
Npungwe714/
Mpungui711/
Mpoungui67961/
Mpoungue671/
M'Poungui632/
Mphonngwe631/

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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
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  • 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 Mpungwa
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