Mapholisa Surname

630,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 485 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mapholisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapholisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3031:178,80419,656
Zimbabwe1801:85,76812,456
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mapholisa (148) may also be a first name.

Mapholisa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mapholisa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mapholisa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapholisa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 630,290th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 15,025,868 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapholisa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 757,758th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 148 people.

Mapholisa is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 178,804. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 72 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and North West, where 3 percent live. Apart from South Africa Mapholisa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.

Mapholisa Last Name Statistics demography

Mapholisa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.33% less than the national average, earning R 113,292 per year.

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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 Mapholisa
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