Mapungu Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mapungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1651:328,35030,751
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Zimbabwe1221:126,54316,872
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679

Mapungu Last Name Facts

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

Mapungu is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapungu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 676,370th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 16,525,047 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapungu are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 328,350. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 42 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 30 percent reside and Western Cape, where 15 percent reside. Other than South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 28 percent reside.

Mapungu Last Name Statistics demography

Mapungu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.87% less than the national average, earning R 97,752 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maphungu93253/
Mapfungu9327/
Mapunu9210/
Mapugu921/
Mapunud8665/
Mapunau861/
Maapunu861/
Maphunu861/
Mapongu861/
Muipungu801/
Madpougou751/
Mopongu7141/
Mahapogu671/
Mopounou671/
Maponu6214/

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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 Mapungu
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