Mapombwa Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Mapombwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mapombwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapombwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mapombwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mapombwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapombwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mapombwa is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Mapombwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mapombwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 315,066. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 37 percent live, Harare Province, where 35 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 27 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Mapombwa
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