Mapumba Surname

99,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mapumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,6221:20,1912,556
DR Congo2,0591:35,8814,447
Zambia521:304,80617,055
Namibia121:200,7839,838
France81:8,302,840321,660
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mapumba (76) may also be a first name.

Mapumba Last Name Facts

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

Mapumba is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mapumba.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapumba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 99,389th most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,530,033 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapumba live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mapumba is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 76 people.

Mapumba is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,622 people, or 1 in 20,191. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 63 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 35 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 43 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapfumba93183/
Maphumba9375/
Mapoumba931/
Mapomba86121/
Mapumbe8648/
Mopumba8627/
Mapimba864/
Mapumwa861/
Muipumba8041/
Mopumbay8021/
Mapfumbi802/
Mapfimba802/
Mopumbai801/
Mapoumbo801/
Maphimba801/
Mapfumbo801/
Mapoumbou751/
Muiphumba751/
Mapombo71485/
Mapombe71336/
Mapombi7193/
Mopumbo7175/
Mapimbo7121/
Mopimba714/
Mapunwa712/
Mapunbe711/
Mopombai6727/
Maphumuo671/
Maizpoumbou671/
Mapombou671/
Mopombi5768/
Mopombo5735/
Mopimbo574/
Moipombo534/

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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 Mapumba
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