Mapapayi Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Mapapayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 111 | 1:142,792 | 10,391 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Mapapayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapapayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapapayi occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mapapayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapapayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,558,593rd most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname Mapapayi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapapayi live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Mapapayi is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 142,792. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 69 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 4 percent are found. Besides Zambia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Mapapayi
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