Mapui Surname
Approximately 1,327 people bear this surname
Mapui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 829 | 1:63,862 | 6,786 |
| India | 438 | 1:1,751,291 | 62,738 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
Mapui (13) may also be a first name.
Mapui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mapui is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mapui click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapui? popularity and diffusion
It is the 288,908th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,491,745 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Mapui reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mapui is also the 3,159,357th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 829 people, or 1 in 63,862. In Tanzania it is most common in: Lindi Region, where 81 percent live, Pwani Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Mapui occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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 Mapui
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