Mapfa Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Mapfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 162 | 1:326,800 | 24,625 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mapfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapfa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mapfa is the 1,359,010th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Mapfa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapfa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 93 percent live, Kagera Region, where 6 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 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 Mapfa
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