Mpunja Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Mpunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 177 | 1:299,105 | 23,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Mpunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mpunja is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpunja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,239,697th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name Mpunja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpunja are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 299,105. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 99 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpunjai | 92 | 112 | / |
| Mpundja | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpunjga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mpoundja | 86 | 12 | / |
| Mpunza | 83 | 703 | / |
| Mpunjo | 83 | 518 | / |
| Mpunji | 83 | 197 | / |
| Mpunsa | 83 | 82 | / |
| Mpinja | 83 | 66 | / |
| Mpunya | 83 | 14 | / |
| Mponja | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mpunje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpuenia | 77 | 212 | / |
| Mphunya | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mpounza | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mpunije | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mphunji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpunsha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpuunga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpuenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bunja | 73 | 181 | / |
| Vunja | 73 | 128 | / |
| Mpoundjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| M'Pfunya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mponji | 67 | 3,202 | / |
| Bhunja | 67 | 2,739 | / |
| Mponya | 67 | 2,589 | / |
| Bounja | 67 | 608 | / |
| Mpumza | 67 | 495 | / |
| Mponjo | 67 | 276 | / |
| Mponje | 67 | 166 | / |
| Mpunge | 67 | 108 | / |
| Bunjai | 67 | 74 | / |
| Bunjaa | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mponia | 67 | 25 | / |
| Mpunzo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mpunye | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mponza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bunjah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bunjia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bunjap | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vunija | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bunjad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vunjia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bunjau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vunjaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpumha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vunjai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mponsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Busnja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpunco | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bunjay | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mpunja
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