Mapamela Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mapamela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapamela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2881:188,11720,469
Lesotho141:145,18312,726

Mapamela (42) may also be a first name.

Mapamela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mapamela is found most in South Africa. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapamela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 889,654th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapamela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.

The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 188,117. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 54 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 16 percent reside. Other than South Africa Mapamela is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 5 percent reside.

Mapamela Last Name Statistics demography

Mapamela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.05% less than the national average, earning R 125,820 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maphamela94293/
Mapomela881/
Mapamelo881/
Mapemela881/
Maphomela822/
Mapoumela821/
Maphamola821/
Maphamelo821/
Mapamile7574/
Maphomola7114/
Maphamolo711/
Mophahameli631/
Maphomolo5967/
Mopamaloy591/
Maphomalo591/
Mophomele591/

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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 Mapamela
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