Mwaupeya Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwaupeya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwaupeya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania701:756,30941,721
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwaupeya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwaupeya is most common in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mwaupeya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwaupeya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,255,512th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name Mwaupeya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwaupeya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 756,309. In Tanzania Mwaupeya is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 99 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwapeya93526/
Mwaupea935/
Mwapea8610/
Mbapeya801/
Mwapaya801/
Mwaipaya751,063/
Mwapfaya751/
Mwapai7115/
Mwapee711/
Mbapea711/
Mwayipoya711/
Mbapey711/
Mwapaha6775/
Mbopeya6768/
Mwapfaa6731/
Mbapaya677/
Muapuya674/
Mwapuja674/
Muapeia671/
Mwapuyi671/
Mwapoja671/
Mwaphaa671/

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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 Mwaupeya
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