Mupotaringa Surname

423,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 817 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mupotaringa Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'he who consistently checks upon'. Mupotaringa people are originally from Chimanimani but later settled in Mutare.

Mupotaringa 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
Zimbabwe8131:18,9892,818
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Mupotaringa Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'he who consistently checks upon'. Mupotaringa people are originally from Chimanimani but later settled in Mutare.

- mcpotar
DNA test information

Mupotaringa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mupotaringa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mupotaringa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mupotaringa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 423,762nd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,919,885 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mupotaringa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 813 people, or 1 in 18,989. In Zimbabwe Mupotaringa is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 36 percent are found, Harare Province, where 29 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 0 percent are found and Germany, 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
Mupotaringwa961/
Mpotaringa9557/
Mapotaringa9122/
Mupotaringe9121/
Mupataringa917/
Mupotarenga912/
Mupotarunga911/
Mapataringa821/
Mupatiringa821/
Mpotrenec601/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mupotaringa
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