Mpuru Surname
Approximately 2,522 people bear this surname
Mpuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,191 | 1:24,727 | 3,150 |
| Lesotho | 92 | 1:22,093 | 4,562 |
| Kenya | 73 | 1:632,601 | 28,796 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Tanzania | 43 | 1:1,231,200 | 46,608 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mpuru (244) may also be a first name.
Mpuru Demographics
Average Mpuru Salary in
South Africa
R 139,068
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mpuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpuru occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpuru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 170,840th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,889,590 people. Mpuru is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpuru live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 571,890th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 244 people.
This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 2,191 people, or 1 in 24,727. In South Africa it is most common in: Limpopo, where 26 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and North West, where 18 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
Mpuru Last Name Statistics demography
Mpuru earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.48% less than the national average, earning R 139,068 per year.
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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 Mpuru
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