Mapungwe Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Mapungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mapungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mapungwe is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapungwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapungwe reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 735,154. In Zimbabwe Mapungwe is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 57 percent live, Midlands Province, where 29 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 26 percent live and Tanzania, where 11 percent live.
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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 Mapungwe
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