Mupesa Surname

286,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mupesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mupesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,1861:13,0171,767
Zambia1341:118,2839,069
England141:3,979,861125,553
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Mupesa (17) may also be a first name.

Mupesa Last Name Facts

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

Mupesa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mupesa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 286,292nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,430,362 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mupesa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mupesa is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

The surname Mupesa is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,186 people, or 1 in 13,017. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 59 percent reside, Harare Province, where 18 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Mupesa exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 10 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mupesha92194/
Mupeusa9235/
Mupehsa921/
Mupasa831,181/
Mupese83610/
Mupisa83214/
Mupeso8387/
Muposa8358/
Mupeza8321/
Mupeja831/
Mupasha77117/
Mupassa7770/
Mupeshi7742/
Muposha7732/
Muphisa7715/
Muipisa7713/
Mupitsa7710/
Mipessa779/
Muphese774/
Muphasa773/
Mupesse773/
Mupisha772/
Mupissa771/
Mupetse771/
Mupetsi771/
Muppasa771/
Mipeesa771/
Maupasha7118/
Moupassa7113/
Muiposha714/
Muphissa711/
Mupashaa711/
Muposhaa711/
Mupahasa711/
Mupisi673,020/
Mupaso67926/
Mupoza6770/
Mupaza6752/
Mupezi6733/
Mupise679/
Mipasa676/
Mupiza673/
Muposo672/
Mupahasha671/
Muiphosha671/
Mupiso671/

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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 Mupesa
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