Mapungwana Surname

287,037th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mapungwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapungwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,2081:12,7801,720
South Africa561:967,45960,627
Zambia521:304,80617,055
England191:2,932,529101,561
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mapungwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mapungwana is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapungwana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 287,037th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,446,596 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mapungwana are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mapungwana is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,208 people, or 1 in 12,780. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 43 percent are found, Harare Province, where 21 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.

Mapungwana Last Name Statistics demography

Mapungwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.74% less than the national average, earning R 41,016 per year.

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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 Mapungwana
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