Mpurwana Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mpurwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpurwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3111:174,20519,257
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mpurwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mpurwana occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpurwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 868,551st most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpurwana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 174,205. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Barring South Africa Mpurwana is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mpurwana Last Name Statistics demography

Mpurwana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.79% less than the national average, earning R 133,572 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
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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 Mpurwana
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