Mapfuma Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Mapfuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 1:257,304 | 27,433 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mapfuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapfuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapfuma occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mapfuma.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapfuma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapfuma live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 257,304. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 48 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 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 Mapfuma
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