Mapengu Surname

562,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mapengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mapengu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3491:211,68920,903
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
Tanzania981:540,22134,788
England21:27,859,030389,889
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mapengu (33) may also be a first name.

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Mapengu Demographics

Average Mapengu Salary in
South Africa

R 166,908

Per year
Rank:
85,835 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000206463
Rank: 40,181 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
70.24%
Sample size: 31 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Mapengu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mapengu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mapengu occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapengu? popularity and diffusion

Mapengu is the 562,135th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,921,181 people. Mapengu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapengu live; 62 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mapengu is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name in the world, held by 33 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 211,689. Excluding The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 20 percent are found and Tanzania, where 17 percent are found.

Mapengu Last Name Statistics demography

Mapengu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.76% less than the national average, earning R 166,908 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maphengu932/
Mapengou932/
Mapenu923/
Mapingu8689/
Mapngou861/
Mapingou80153/
Mapfingu809/
Mapinu7720/
Moupegnou6365/
Mopemhou531/

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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 Mapengu
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