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 last name Mputeni is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mputeni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 325,707th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,381,389 people. The surname Mputeni is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mputeni reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Mputeni is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,124 people, or 1 in 15,231. Aside from Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mputeni
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