Mapulazi Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mapulazi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mapulazi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mapulazi (17) may also be a first name.

Mapulazi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mapulazi is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapulazi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mapulazi is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapulazi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 17 people.

The surname Mapulazi is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Mapulazi is primarily found in: Bulawayo Province, where 45 percent live, Harare Province, where 36 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 5 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 15 percent live and Zambia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapulasi88132/
Mapulashi822/
Mapulaishi784/
Mapolasi752/
Mapulage751/
Mapulauca711/
Mapolosi63126/
Mapolosa633/
Mopolosi501/
Mapolose501/

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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 Mapulazi
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