Mapota Surname
Approximately 1,516 people bear this surname
Mapota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 654 | 1:3,108 | 521 |
| South Africa | 277 | 1:195,587 | 21,102 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Zimbabwe | 115 | 1:134,246 | 17,609 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mapota (167) may also be a first name.
Mapota Demographics
Average Mapota Salary in
South Africa
R 191,316
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mapota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapota Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapota is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapota? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mapota is the 259,335th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,807,088 people. The last name Mapota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapota are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mapota is also the 708,111th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 167 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 654 people, or 1 in 3,108. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 25 percent reside, Maseru District, where 22 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Lesotho this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 18 percent reside and Gabon, where 17 percent reside.
Mapota Last Name Statistics demography
Mapota earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.49% less than the national average, earning R 191,316 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 Mapota
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