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 borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapfeka? popularity and diffusion
Mapfeka is the 689,921st most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mapfeka live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 38,887. In Zimbabwe Mapfeka is mostly found 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. Besides Zimbabwe Mapfeka 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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