Surname Mpela (Mpela 
) , throughout the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Mpela is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Lesotho, where it is quite a common surname, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare surname, and South Africa. Very seldom, Mpela is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Mpela | Lesotho, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania |
| fezile mpela South African actor (b. 1973) |
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| geco bourro mpela Congolese singer-songwriter, CD (b. 1977) |
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| norah mpela Congolese (DRC) beauty contestant, Miss Congo 2004, CD (b. 1983) |
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| jean-robert yoka mpela |
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| fezile mpela |
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