Maponda Surname
Approximately 965 people bear this surname
Maponda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 674 | 1:22,905 | 3,459 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Zambia | 49 | 1:323,468 | 17,649 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Maponda (75) may also be a first name.
Maponda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maponda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maponda occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Maponda.
How Common Is The Last Name Maponda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 371,870th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,551,861 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maponda reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Maponda is also the 1,116,575th most common forename on earth, borne by 75 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 22,905. In Zimbabwe Maponda is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 39 percent live, Harare Province, where 19 percent live and Midlands Province, where 11 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Zambia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maphonda | 93 | 335 | / |
| Mapunda | 86 | 112,643 | / |
| Mapanda | 86 | 4,095 | / |
| Mapondo | 86 | 2,748 | / |
| Maponde | 86 | 1,371 | / |
| Moponda | 86 | 219 | / |
| Mapondi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Maphanda | 80 | 280 | / |
| Maphondo | 80 | 131 | / |
| Mapfunda | 80 | 23 | / |
| Mapondje | 80 | 4 | / |
| Maphunda | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mapoendo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maspondi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapuinda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maapunda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapandah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maphonde | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mabpondo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapondou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mahapanda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mapande | 71 | 6,009 | / |
| Mapandi | 71 | 2,843 | / |
| Mapando | 71 | 1,205 | / |
| Mopondo | 71 | 713 | / |
| Mopondi | 71 | 563 | / |
| Mapundi | 71 | 535 | / |
| Mapundo | 71 | 370 | / |
| Mapunde | 71 | 251 | / |
| Moponde | 71 | 109 | / |
| Mopanda | 71 | 70 | / |
| Mopunda | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mapandy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapfoundou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouphounda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapfunde | 67 | 1,219 | / |
| Mabpandi | 67 | 86 | / |
| Moupondo | 67 | 48 | / |
| Maipandi | 67 | 31 | / |
| Mahpandi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mabpundo | 67 | 15 | / |
| Maspandi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Maphande | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mapandey | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mepondou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mapandje | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mapandie | 67 | 7 | / |
| Maipande | 67 | 7 | / |
| Meipanda | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mophondo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maspande | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mapfundo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mapaundi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mapfundi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maupande | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matpunde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mabpundi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapundje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphundi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Maponda
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