Mpwate Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mpwate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpwate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3351:220,53621,570
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mpwate Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mpwate occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpwate? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 801,116th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpwate live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 335 people, or 1 in 220,536. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Malawi, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbwate83397/
Mpwata83172/
Mpuate8330/
Mpwete836/
Mpwati832/
Mpwatta772/
Mbwatte771/
Mbwete671,222/
Mpuati67358/
Mbwata67263/
Mpuata6734/
Mbwati6717/
Mbhwat676/
Mpuete671/
Mbuate671/
Mbwette6212/
Mbwathi621/
Mbwotep621/
M'Puati621/
M'Bwati621/
Mbuat5544/
Mbbat551/
Mbuata50694/
Mbuete50213/
Mbuati5048/
Mpueti505/
Mbwota504/
Mbbati501/
Mbuote501/

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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 Mpwate
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