Mpungwe Surname
Approximately 4,150 people bear this surname
Mpungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,420 | 1:21,602 | 2,735 |
| Tanzania | 698 | 1:75,848 | 7,876 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Mpungwe (248) may also be a first name.
Mpungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpungwe is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpungwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 111,786th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,756,035 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpungwe are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 566,287th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 248 people.
It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,420 people, or 1 in 21,602. Not including The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mpungwe
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