Mapena Surname
Approximately 2,503 people bear this surname
Mapena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,490 | 1:36,361 | 4,654 |
| Zambia | 299 | 1:53,010 | 4,942 |
| Lesotho | 263 | 1:7,728 | 1,691 |
| Kenya | 178 | 1:259,438 | 17,397 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Tanzania | 66 | 1:802,146 | 42,626 |
| Botswana | 61 | 1:35,851 | 7,015 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mapena (232) may also be a first name.
Mapena Demographics
Average Mapena Salary in
South Africa
R 170,892
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mapena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapena is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 171,927th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,911,525 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mapena live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 588,797th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 232 people.
The surname Mapena is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,490 people, or 1 in 36,361. In South Africa Mapena is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent are found, Gauteng, where 26 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Mapena is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 12 percent are found and Lesotho, where 11 percent are found.
Mapena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mapena surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mapena earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.09% less than the national average, earning R 170,892 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 Mapena
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