Mputana Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mputana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mputana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1451:14,0183,095
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016

Mputana (530) may also be a first name.

Mputana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mputana is found most in Lesotho. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mputana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,403,590th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. Mputana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mputana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mputana is also the 366,410th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 530 people.

The surname Mputana is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 14,018. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Quthing District, where 47 percent reside, Mohale's Hoek District, where 15 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent reside.

Mputana Last Name Statistics demography

Mputana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.96% less than the national average, earning R 23,856 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 Mputana
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