Mpwekela Surname

421,746th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 822 people bear this surname

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

Mpwekela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mpwekela 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
DR Congo8211:89,98710,233
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Mpwekela Last Name Facts

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

Mpwekela occurs most in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpwekela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 421,746th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,865,628 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpwekela live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Mpwekela is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 821 people, or 1 in 89,987. Beside The DR Congo it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 0 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
Pwekela93253/
Mpuekela88788/
Mpwekele884/
Puekela80123/
Bwekela802/
Mpuekele7555/
Mbwekala7521/
Mbwekele751/
Pwequela751/
Buekela671/
Mbwakala6396/
Mbwekile6364/
Mbwakila632/
Mbuekala631/
Mbwikila631/
Mbwikala631/
Bwikila531/
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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 Mpwekela
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