Mapessa Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Mapessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mapessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mapessa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mapessa is the 3,798,600th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Mapessa are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mapessa is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 31 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 31 percent live and Arusha Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 19 percent live and Belgium, where 15 percent live.
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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 Mapessa
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