Mapak Surname

656,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 459 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mapak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4281:413,88521,554
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
India71:109,580,769786,157
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Mapak (127) may also be a first name.

Mapak Last Name Facts

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

Mapak (Hindi: मापक, Marathi: मापक) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapak? popularity and diffusion

Mapak is the 656,126th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. The surname Mapak is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mapak reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mapak is also the 825,494th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 127 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 428 people, or 1 in 413,885. In Nigeria Mapak is mostly found in: Plateau, where 96 percent are found, Kaduna, where 2 percent are found and Kogi, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maipak911,046/
Mapake9150/
Mapack9127/
Madpak9110/
Mappak917/
Maupak912/
Mapeak911/
Maphak911/
Maphake83778/
Mapaike83618/
Mapakhe83267/
Matpack833/
Maipake832/
Maapake831/
Mapfake831/
Maphack831/
Mapaake831/
Mopak80228/
Mapag80148/
Mepak8029/
Mapac8023/
Mapok8016/
Mapax801/
Mmaphake771/
Maipheak771/
Meipak73420/
Mopake7398/
Mehpak7320/
Maipag7312/
Mephak7311/
Mapock7310/
Mepack737/
Meepak734/
Maipok733/
Mapoke733/
Mopeak732/
Mapook731/
Mopack731/
Maipac731/
Maupaix6731/
Mophake6716/
Maphoke675/
Mahapag674/
Meppack671/
Maipaig671/
Mappeuk671/
Mapouke671/
Mapague671/
Meepeak671/
Meephak671/
Moospak671/
Maipock671/
Mahapac671/

Mapak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mapak in the Hindi language
मापकmapaka-
Mapak in the Marathi language
मापकmapaka-

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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 Mapak
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