Mapulango Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mapulango Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapulango Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Zimbabwe491:315,06631,156
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367

Mapulango (15) may also be a first name.

Mapulango Last Name Facts

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

Mapulango is most common in Malawi. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapulango? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 910,497th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapulango are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mapulango is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.

Mapulango is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Besides Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live and Mozambique, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapoulango959/
Mapulano947/
Mapulanga8923,359/
Mapaulanga841/
Mapulana82344/
Mapulaga823/
Mmapulana7812/
Mapilanga782/
Mapulanna781/
Mapulaaga781/
Mapulanha781/
Mapolanga781/
Mapolongo781/
Mapholongo741/

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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 Mapulango
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