Mapoya Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Mapoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mapoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mapoya is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,849,867th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Mapoya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapoya are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent are found and Malawi, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Mapoya
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