Maplala Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maplala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maplala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maplala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maplala is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maplala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Maplala is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Maplala are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Maplala is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live and Free State, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live.

Maplala Last Name Statistics demography

Maplala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.58% less than the national average, earning R 31,896 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
  • 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 Maplala
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