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
The surname Mapfeka is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapfeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 689,921st most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mapfeka are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mapfeka is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 38,887. In Zimbabwe Mapfeka is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 51 percent reside, Harare Province, where 35 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and Swaziland, where 1 percent reside.
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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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