Mupalya Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mupalya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mupalya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda461:848,68039,357
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Mupalya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mupalya is found most in Uganda. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mupalya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,808,717th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mupalya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 848,680. In Uganda Mupalya is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 54 percent are found, Kibaale District, where 15 percent are found and Kampala District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and Mozambique, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mupala92667/
Muppala863,235/
Mupalia86477/
Mupalla86228/
Mupaala8629/
Mudpala8618/
Mupahla8616/
Mupalah8612/
Moupala865/
Mupatla863/
Muppaly863/
Mupalaa861/
Mupaila861/
Muppalla808,326/
Muppatla8093/
Muppaala8016/
Muspatla804/
Muppalaa803/
Mupaliah802/
Mutpalla801/
Mupali77261/
Mupale7785/
Mupalo7727/
Muppaalla758/
Mushpatla755/
Mupaile71408/
Mupahlo71134/
Mupaale7165/
Mupahle7118/
Muphale714/
Mupalli712/
Muppale712/
Mudpali711/
Mupayle711/
Muspali711/
Mutpalli6730/
Mudpalli6713/
Muphahlo678/
Muppalli672/
Mmgupali671/
Mujphale671/

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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 Mupalya
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