Mapual Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mapual Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapual Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Mapual Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mapual occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mapual.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapual? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Mapual live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Mapual is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 80 percent live and Hela, where 20 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapwal8342/
Mabual8319/
Matbual771/
Maybual771/
Mabuale771/
Mabuhale712/
Mahabual711/
Mabualle711/
Mavval673/
Mabwale6271/
Mabbol5019/
Movval503/

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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 Mapual
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