Mapona Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mapona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2141:72,14110,697
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mapona (26) may also be a first name.

Mapona Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mapona is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapona? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,025,894th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name Mapona occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mapona live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mapona is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 26 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 72,141. In Zimbabwe Mapona is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 54 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 30 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 9 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.

Mapona Last Name Statistics demography

Mapona earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.92% less than the national average, earning R 45,336 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maponga926,937/
Mapouna92218/
Maponah921/
Mapongah869/
Maphonga868/
Maiphona863/
Mapoonga861/
Maipouna861/
Mapounga861/
Mapena832,503/
Mapana83727/
Mapuna83238/
Mapono83125/
Maponi8366/
Mapone8335/
Maponh831/
Mepona831/
Mapanga7712,105/
Mapunga771,732/
Mapongo77445/
Madpana77404/
Maphana77244/
Mapponi77151/
Mapoone77116/
Moponga7749/
Maponge7741/
Maipana7728/
Mappuna7720/
Mapoune7720/
Mapunna7713/
Maponie7711/
Mapanas7710/
Maspono7710/
Maponhi779/
Mapouno779/
Mapenai779/
Mapanha778/
Mapagna777/
Mappone775/
Mapenay775/
Mappana774/
Maphena774/
Mapenah774/
Maphoni774/
Maphono774/
Mapanad773/
Mapfuna772/
'Mapone772/
Mapanoa772/
Maypana771/
Madpuna771/
Mapunau771/
Maupone771/
Mabpono771/
Maepana771/
Maepena771/
Mapunah771/
Maponje771/
Mapouni771/
Moipona771/
Mapasna771/
Maipone771/
Mapanna771/
Mapoń731/
Maphanga7132,715/
Maphongo71128/
Mappunna71128/
'Mapoone7187/
Mapangai7122/
Mahapana7116/
Mapounne7116/
Mapaanga7115/
Mapfunga714/
Maupunay714/
Maphunga714/
Mapuhina713/
Mapanath712/
Mauponne712/
Maupunai711/
Mapangau711/
Maspanas711/
Maaipana711/
Maphanad711/
Maphanha711/
Maphunah711/
Maephana711/
Maiponyi711/
Mahpanga711/
Mopfouna711/
Matpanna711/
Maiphone711/
Maphanna711/
Mapani675,003/
Mapano671,379/
Mapane67727/
Mapuno67473/
Mopana6748/
Mapaño6743/
Mopono6729/
Mapuni6728/
Matphanna6712/
Mapune677/
Mopena675/
Mepana675/
Moponi674/
Moupounga674/
Mahaphonh674/
Mopuna672/
Moponh671/
Mapphanna671/
Mepena671/
Mepono671/
Mappanath671/
Mapphanga671/
Maphangai671/
Maphganga671/
Mahaphana671/
Mmaphanga671/
Mopone671/
Mahaphone671/
Mappangau671/

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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 Mapona
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