Mapuga Surname
Approximately 1,971 people bear this surname
Mapuga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,967 | 1:26,915 | 3,249 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mapuga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapuga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapuga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapuga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 209,614th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,697,385 people. The surname Mapuga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapuga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,967 people, or 1 in 26,915. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 62 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 10 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapunga | 92 | 1,732 | / |
| Mapugay | 92 | 117 | / |
| Mapukga | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mapouga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Maphuga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mapugas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Maphunga | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mapfunga | 86 | 4 | / |
| Maphukga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapung'a | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapounga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapoga | 83 | 280 | / |
| Mapiga | 83 | 108 | / |
| Mapuge | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mapugo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mopunga | 77 | 618 | / |
| Mapokga | 77 | 151 | / |
| Mapungi | 77 | 41 | / |
| Maapoga | 77 | 16 | / |
| Maphoga | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mapogha | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mapungo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mapfiga | 77 | 6 | / |
| Maphuge | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mapigau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mapoega | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mapunge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maphiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maphokga | 71 | 132 | / |
| Maphungo | 71 | 42 | / |
| Mappigau | 71 | 23 | / |
| Maphunge | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mapfungo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapogo | 67 | 1,272 | / |
| Mapogi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mapigo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Moupounga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mapoge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mopiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madpougou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moupiga | 62 | 305 | / |
| Mapfigo | 62 | 16 | / |
| Maphogo | 62 | 7 | / |
| Mmapogo | 62 | 3 | / |
| Mapokge | 62 | 1 | / |
| Maphokgo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mopogo | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Mapuga
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