Mupuwa Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Mupuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 134 | 1:115,211 | 15,687 |
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Mupuwa (12) may also be a first name.
Mupuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mupuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mupuwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Mupuwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mupuwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,276,805th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Mupuwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mupuwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 115,211. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 28 percent are found, Harare Province, where 22 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe Mupuwa occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muphuwa | 92 | 368 | / |
| Mupfuwa | 92 | 58 | / |
| Mupuhwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mupeuswa | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mupfuiwa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Mupiwa | 83 | 634 | / |
| Mupuwi | 83 | 187 | / |
| Mupuwo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mupuwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mupuba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mupuva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mupfushwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mupfuwi | 77 | 19 | / |
| Mupihwa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Muphuba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mupuwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mupuiwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mupfuva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mupfiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mupubi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mupowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mipiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mupfuvi | 62 | 1 | / |
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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 Mupuwa
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