Mpwaha Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Mpwaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 238 | 1:222,444 | 18,495 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mpwaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpwaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpwaha occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpwaha? popularity and diffusion
Mpwaha is the 978,274th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. Mpwaha occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpwaha are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mpwaha is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 222,444. In Tanzania Mpwaha is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 98 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live and Malawi, where 0 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
- 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 Mpwaha
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