Mapondela Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Mapondela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 537 | 1:98,588 | 9,747 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zambia | 101 | 1:156,930 | 11,128 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mapondela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapondela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapondela has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapondela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mapondela is the 411,077th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapondela live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mapondela is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 537 people, or 1 in 98,588. In Tanzania Mapondela is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent reside, Ruvuma Region, where 25 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 21 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 12 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 Mapondela
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