Mapongwana Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

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

Mapongwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapongwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4991:108,57313,073
England11:55,718,059489,080
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Mapongwana Last Name Facts

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

Mapongwana has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapongwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mapongwana is the 615,220th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapongwana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 499 people, or 1 in 108,573. In South Africa Mapongwana is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent live, Western Cape, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Aside from South Africa Mapongwana is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Wales, where 0 percent live.

Mapongwana Last Name Statistics demography

Mapongwana earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.45% less than the national average, earning R 186,660 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 Mapongwana
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