Mahlapa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mahlapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
Mahlapa (49) may also be a first name.
Mahlapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahlapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahlapa is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahlapa? popularity and diffusion
Mahlapa is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Mahlapa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahlapa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 49 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Mahlapa is most numerous in: Free State, where 43 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 14 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Mahlapa
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