Muponya Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Muponya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Muponya 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
Zimbabwe2201:70,17410,440
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Zambia441:360,22618,771
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Muponya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muponya is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muponya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muponya is the 828,895th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muponya live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Muponya is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 70,174. In Zimbabwe Muponya is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 52 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Zambia, where 13 percent live.

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
Mupanya8628/
Mupfunya80803/
Mudpanya8048/
Mupfanya801/
Mupanja7135/
Mupunha7125/
Mupunja711/
Mupania711/
Moopanya675/
Muspanja673/
Muphunha671/
Mupanho571/
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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 Muponya
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