Mapendo Surname
Approximately 53,632 people bear this surname
Mapendo Surname User-submission:
Mapendo is a Swahili surname meaning 'love'.
Mapendo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 53,099 | 1:1,391 | 124 |
| Tanzania | 241 | 1:219,675 | 18,309 |
| Zambia | 170 | 1:93,235 | 7,611 |
| Uganda | 100 | 1:390,393 | 24,666 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Mapendo (19,860) may also be a first name.
Mapendo Surname Meaning
Mapendo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapendo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapendo is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapendo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,485th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 135,881 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapendo live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 37,997th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 19,860 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 53,099 people, or 1 in 1,391. Apart from The DR Congo it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmapendo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mapoendo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mapenndo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mapendou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mapendoa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maapendo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mapndo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mapenda | 86 | 859 | / |
| Mapindo | 86 | 80 | / |
| Mependo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mopendo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Maipindo | 80 | 34 | / |
| Mapendaa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mapfenda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapfindo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapnda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mapinda | 71 | 2,884 | / |
| Mopenda | 71 | 76 | / |
| Mopindo | 71 | 34 | / |
| Mependa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moupenda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapuinda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muipenda | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Openda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mopndau | 57 | 3 | / |
| Moupinda | 53 | 202 | / |
| Moupindah | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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