Mwapongo Surname
Approximately 770 people bear this surname
Mwapongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 685 | 1:77,287 | 7,989 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
Mwapongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwapongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwapongo is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwapongo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 443,594th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 9,464,345 people. The surname Mwapongo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwapongo are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 685 people, or 1 in 77,287. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 52 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 34 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Mwapongo is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Kenya, 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
- 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 Mwapongo
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