Mapotela Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

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

Mapotela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapotela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680

Mapotela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mapotela is most common in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapotela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mapotela is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapotela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa Mapotela is most frequent in: North West, where 70 percent reside and Gauteng, where 30 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 13 percent reside.

Mapotela Last Name Statistics demography

Mapotela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.86% less than the national average, earning R 43,116 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 Mapotela
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