Mwambepo Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwambepo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwambepo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5891:89,8849,050
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397

Mwambepo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwambepo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwambepo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwambepo is the 539,451st most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambepo are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mwambepo is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 589 people, or 1 in 89,884. In Tanzania Mwambepo is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 85 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Mwambepo
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