Mwampeta Surname
Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname
Mwampeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,117 | 1:47,396 | 5,330 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwampeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwampeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwampeta is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwampeta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 267,807th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. The surname Mwampeta occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwampeta are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mwampeta is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,117 people, or 1 in 47,396. In Tanzania Mwampeta is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 70 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 7 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Mwampeta occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mwampeta
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