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 found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,849,867th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapoya live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Mapoya is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Barring The DR Congo it is found in 5 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Mapoya
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