Mapotwana Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

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

Mapotwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapotwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352

Mapotwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mapotwana is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapotwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mapotwana is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapotwana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 76 percent are found, Western Cape, where 20 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent are found.

Mapotwana Last Name Statistics demography

Mapotwana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.85% less than the national average, earning R 142,944 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapothwana951/
Mapatwana89335/
Mapetwana8935/
Maputwana896/
Mapathwana848/
Maphatwana843/
Maphathwana8023/
Maputuana784/
Maiputuana741/
Maphathwane702/
Maphathuana701/

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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
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  • 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 Mapotwana
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