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

Mapeni is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapeni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 832,284th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name Mapeni is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mapeni live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mapeni is also the 740,891st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 154 people.

Mapeni is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 80,867. In Zambia it is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 51 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 34 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Zambia Mapeni is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found and Botswana, where 12 percent are found.

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
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  • 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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