Mwapinga Surname
Approximately 3,347 people bear this surname
Mwapinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,328 | 1:15,908 | 2,061 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwapinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwapinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwapinga is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwapinga? popularity and diffusion
Mwapinga is the 134,500th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,177,337 people. The surname Mwapinga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwapinga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,328 people, or 1 in 15,908. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Njombe Region, where 54 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 13 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 12 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mwapinga
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