Mputeni Surname
Approximately 1,142 people bear this surname
Mputeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,124 | 1:15,231 | 2,380 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mputeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mputeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mputeni is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mputeni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 325,707th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,381,389 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mputeni live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 1,124 people, or 1 in 15,231. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mputeni
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