Mapeni Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mapeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1961:80,8676,857
Zimbabwe681:227,03325,258
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mapeni (154) may also be a first name.

Mapeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mapeni is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mapeni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapeni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 832,284th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mapeni live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 740,891st most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 154 people.

It is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 80,867. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 51 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 34 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent live and Botswana, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maupeni9236/
Mapenai929/
Mapheni922/
Mapegni921/
Mapfeni921/
Mapengi921/
Maphenyi861/
Mapena832,503/
Mapini83687/
Mopeni8344/
Mapene8342/
Maphini77847/
Mapinyi7793/
Mapenge7750/
Mapinai7740/
Mopengi7734/
Maphene7722/
Mapegne7719/
Moupeni777/
Mapingi777/
Mapfene776/
Mapinit775/
Mapenay775/
Mapaini774/
Maphena774/
Mapheny772/
Mapeiny771/
Mapiene771/
Maipene771/
Mapeane771/
Mapeana771/
Maphinit7135/
Mapheana7110/
Mapheane715/
Moipenai711/
Mapheney711/
Mapaingi711/
Mahpiena711/
Maphaini711/
Mopene67152/
Mapine6777/
Mopini6727/
Mopena675/
Mapiny672/
Maipeigne671/

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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 Mapeni
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