Mapha Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Mapha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 306 | 1:230,844 | 38,969 |
| India | 117 | 1:6,556,114 | 148,695 |
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Mapha (2,181) may also be a first name.
Mapha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapha (Hindi: माफा, Marathi: मफा, Oriya: ମଫା) is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mapha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 590,896th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,802,170 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Mapha live; 58 percent live in Southeast Asia and 58 percent live in Tai-Asia. Mapha is also the 160,479th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,181 people.
This surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 306 people, or 1 in 230,844. In Thailand Mapha is most prevalent in: Nakhon Phanom Province, where 96 percent reside, Nonthaburi Province, where 1 percent reside and Sing Buri Province, where 1 percent reside. Besides Thailand Mapha exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent reside and Tanzania, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mapha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mapha in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଫା | mapha | - |
| Mapha in the Marathi language | ||
| मफा | mapha | 83.33 |
| मापा | mapa | 11.11 |
| माफा | mapha | 5.56 |
| Mapha in the Hindi language | ||
| माफा | mapha | 70.95 |
| मफा | mapha | 29.05 |
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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
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- 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 Mapha
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