Mpweka Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Mpweka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mpweka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpweka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpweka is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpweka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpweka reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania Mpweka is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 69 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 31 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Mpweka
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