Mapfeka Surname
Approximately 429 people bear this surname
Mapfeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 397 | 1:38,887 | 6,016 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mapfeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapfeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapfeka is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapfeka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 689,921st most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mapfeka reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 38,887. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 51 percent are found, Harare Province, where 35 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 8 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent are found and Swaziland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mapfeka
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