Mapkwe Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Mapkwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 70 | 1:557,704 | 30,541 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Mapkwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapkwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapkwe is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mapkwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapkwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mapkwe reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Mapkwe is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 557,704. In Uganda Mapkwe is most numerous in: Adjumani District, where 74 percent reside, Moyo District, where 19 percent reside and Kampala District, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 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 Mapkwe
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