Mwapepu Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Mwapepu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 52 | 1:1,018,108 | 45,504 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mwapepu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwapepu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwapepu has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwapepu? popularity and diffusion
Mwapepu is the 2,661,929th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. Mwapepu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwapepu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,018,108. In Tanzania Mwapepu is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent are found and Songwe Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapepu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mwapepe | 86 | 22 | / |
| Mwapepo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwapepa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mpepu | 83 | 198 | / |
| Mapep | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mapepa | 77 | 2,393 | / |
| Mapepe | 77 | 910 | / |
| Mapapu | 77 | 766 | / |
| Mapupu | 77 | 300 | / |
| Mapepo | 77 | 166 | / |
| Mpwepu | 77 | 41 | / |
| Mupepu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mpwapu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mapopu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mpwape | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mapipu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwapopi | 71 | 392 | / |
| Mbappou | 71 | 82 | / |
| Mwabupe | 71 | 64 | / |
| Mapepoh | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mapepya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mappapu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mwapopo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwipape | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moapiep | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mupuepu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbapeua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbwapeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maipepe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mappupa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapuapu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapepah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwaipopo | 67 | 17,325 | / |
| Mpepo | 67 | 8,349 | / |
| Mwaipape | 67 | 712 | / |
| Mpepe | 67 | 355 | / |
| Mbape | 67 | 334 | / |
| Mpepi | 67 | 264 | / |
| Mupep | 67 | 239 | / |
| Mpapu | 67 | 150 | / |
| Mpape | 67 | 137 | / |
| Mpebu | 67 | 116 | / |
| Mbapu | 67 | 95 | / |
| Mpepa | 67 | 83 | / |
| Mabep | 67 | 44 | / |
| Mapup | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mepep | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mbwep | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mapap | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mapip | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwaipabe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwaipuba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mapop | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mapopbou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mpopu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moapapou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpepp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mepepyou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaipapa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapaipou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbepu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbwapeyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muppappu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwapabwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapeb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mopep | 67 | 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
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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 Mwapepu
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