Mpwata Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Mpwata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 137 | 1:386,435 | 27,768 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mpwata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpwata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mpwata occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpwata? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mpwata is the 1,310,135th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpwata reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 386,435. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 86 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 7 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Malawi, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpwatta | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mpwate | 83 | 350 | / |
| Mbwata | 83 | 263 | / |
| Mpwato | 83 | 82 | / |
| Mpweta | 83 | 68 | / |
| Mpuata | 83 | 34 | / |
| Mpwati | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mvwata | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpweto | 67 | 5,606 | / |
| Mbuata | 67 | 694 | / |
| Mbwate | 67 | 397 | / |
| Mpuati | 67 | 358 | / |
| Mpueta | 67 | 240 | / |
| Mvuata | 67 | 137 | / |
| Mbweta | 67 | 70 | / |
| Mpuato | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mpuate | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mbwati | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mbwato | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mbwota | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbwatte | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbwatou | 62 | 1 | / |
| M'Pweto | 62 | 1 | / |
| M'Puati | 62 | 1 | / |
| M'Bwati | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbwathi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbwaito | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbweto | 50 | 64 | / |
| Mbueta | 50 | 57 | / |
| Mbuati | 50 | 48 | / |
| Mbuato | 50 | 37 | / |
| Mpueto | 50 | 4 | / |
| Mbwoto | 50 | 4 | / |
| Mbbati | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbuate | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mpwata
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