Mapele Surname
Approximately 2,494 people bear this surname
Mapele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,121 | 1:34,832 | 4,323 |
| South Africa | 172 | 1:314,987 | 29,898 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Lesotho | 40 | 1:50,814 | 7,910 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Mapele (149) may also be a first name.
Mapele Demographics
Average Mapele Salary in
South Africa
R 192,012
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mapele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapele is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 172,486th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,922,031 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mapele are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mapele is also the 754,880th most common given name globally. It is borne by 149 people.
The surname Mapele is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,121 people, or 1 in 34,832. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent live and The Congo, where 2 percent live.
Mapele Last Name Statistics demography
Mapele earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.2% less than the national average, earning R 192,012 per year.
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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 Mapele
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