Mapesela Surname

621,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 494 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mapesela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapesela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho4881:4,165802
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736

Mapesela (47) may also be a first name.

Mapesela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mapesela has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapesela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mapesela is the 621,618th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 14,752,117 people. The surname Mapesela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapesela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most common first name globally. It is borne by 47 people.

This last name is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 4,165. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Mokhotlong District, where 51 percent live, Maseru District, where 32 percent live and Berea District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho Mapesela exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Mapesela Last Name Statistics demography

Mapesela earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.86% more than the national average, earning R 280,080 per year.

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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 Mapesela
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