Mwampimbe Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwampimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwampimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1171:452,49231,593
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwampimbe Last Name Facts

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

Mwampimbe has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwampimbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,666,404th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwampimbe are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania Mwampimbe is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent reside and Zambia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwamphimbe951/
Mwampumbe89136/
Mwampimbi8925/
Mwampembe891/
Mwampimba891/
Mbampembe7821/
Mwampemba781/
Muampimbi781/
Mwabembe712/
Mwaubemba561/

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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
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  • 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 Mwampimbe
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