Mapende Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Mapende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Mapende (24) may also be a first name.
Mapende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mapende is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapende? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Mapende occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapende are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mapende is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held forename in the world, held by 24 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 367,577. In Zimbabwe Mapende is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 43 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 21 percent live and Harare Province, where 19 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 38 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapnde | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mapenda | 86 | 859 | / |
| Mapinde | 86 | 180 | / |
| Mopende | 86 | 27 | / |
| Mapendi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mepende | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maspendi | 80 | 10 | / |
| Moupende | 80 | 8 | / |
| Mapendaa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Matpinde | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mapfenda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapendoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapnda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mohpendee | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mapinda | 71 | 2,884 | / |
| Mapindi | 71 | 198 | / |
| Mopenda | 71 | 76 | / |
| Mependi | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mopendi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Meepaendee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mopindea | 67 | 27 | / |
| Moupendi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moupenda | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Openda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmapindi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapindai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahpindih | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mopndi | 62 | 2 | / |
| Mepndi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mopindi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Moupinda | 53 | 202 | / |
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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 Mapende
- 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