Mapau Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Mapau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 124 | 1:16,392 | 3,540 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Mapau (23) may also be a first name.
Mapau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapau is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,038,570th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. Mapau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Mapau live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name globally, held by 23 people.
Mapau is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 16,392. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Maseru District, where 60 percent reside, Thaba-Tseka District, where 34 percent reside and Berea District, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Mapau
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis