Mapunde Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mapunde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapunde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Zimbabwe1041:148,44518,938
England141:3,979,861125,553
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mapunde Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mapunde is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapunde? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mapunde is the 1,011,991st most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname Mapunde is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mapunde reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Aside from Malawi this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 41 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapfunde931,219/
Mapundje931/
Matpunde931/
Mahapunde8814/
Mapfundet881/
Mapunda86112,643/
Maponde861,371/
Mapundi86535/
Mapfunda8023/
Maphinde806/
Maphunda804/
Mapaundi802/
Maphonde801/
Mapuinda801/
Maphundi801/
Mabpundi801/
Mapfundi801/
Maapunda801/
Maponda71965/
Moponde71109/
Mepundi7122/
Mapondi716/
Mopunda715/
Maphonda67335/
Maphindi671/
Mouphounda591/
Mopondi57563/
Moponda57219/

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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 Mapunde
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