Maponya Surname
Approximately 11,950 people bear this surname
Maponya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11,594 | 1:4,673 | 597 |
| Zambia | 280 | 1:56,607 | 5,194 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maponya (261) may also be a first name.
Maponya Demographics
Average Maponya Salary in
South Africa
R 179,316
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Maponya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maponya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maponya is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maponya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 43,507th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 609,836 people. The last name Maponya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maponya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Maponya is also the 550,922nd most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 261 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 11,594 people, or 1 in 4,673. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 63 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and North West, where 4 percent are found. Besides South Africa it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.
Maponya Last Name Statistics demography
Maponya earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.54% less than the national average, earning R 179,316 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maphonya | 93 | 5 | / |
| Maponyas | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maponyaj | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mmaponya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maiponya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mapanya | 86 | 717 | / |
| Mapunya | 86 | 395 | / |
| Moponya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Maponja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapfanya | 80 | 190 | / |
| Matpanya | 80 | 80 | / |
| Maphunya | 80 | 78 | / |
| Maphanya | 80 | 42 | / |
| Mapfunya | 80 | 10 | / |
| Madpunya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mapunyah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maypanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maphganya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mopanya | 71 | 34 | / |
| Mapunha | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mapanha | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mapagna | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mapania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maponeo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mophunya | 67 | 21 | / |
| Maponjou | 67 | 18 | / |
| Moopanya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mophanya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maphanja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mapomjai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphanha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maponjoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapfunja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahapanyo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mapaño | 62 | 43 | / |
| Mapunjo | 57 | 10 | / |
| Mapanio | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mopanja | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mapaneo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mapagnou | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Maponya
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