Mpwabe Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mpwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mpwabe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda841:464,75327,435
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mpwabe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mpwabe is found most in Uganda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpwabe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mpwabe is the 2,034,059th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpwabe reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 464,753. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kaliro District, where 65 percent are found, Mukono District, where 15 percent are found and Namutumba District, where 12 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpwaabe922/
Pwabe9123/
Mbwabe8390/
Mpwaba8322/
Mpwabi832/
Bwabe7353/
Puabe731/
Pwaba731/
Mpwawa67131/
Mbwaba6760/
Mbwebe6741/
Mbuabe6722/
Mpuaba6722/
Mbwabi6714/
Bwaabe671/
Bwaber671/
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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 Mpwabe
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