Mapunya Surname

733,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mapunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3771:143,70716,458
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mapunya Last Name Facts

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

Mapunya occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mapunya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapunya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 733,258th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mapunya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mapunya is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 377 people, or 1 in 143,707. In South Africa Mapunya is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 50 percent are found, Gauteng, where 42 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Mapunya Last Name Statistics demography

Mapunya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.01% less than the national average, earning R 135,420 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maphunya9378/
Mapfunya9310/
Madpunya932/
Mapunyah931/
Maponya8611,950/
Mapunha8611/
Mophunya8021/
Maphonya805/
Maiponya801/
Mapfunja801/
Mmaponya801/
Maponyaj801/
Mapunjo7110/
Moponya712/
Maponja711/
Mopunjoa6721/
Maponeo571/
Maponjou5318/
Maponjoh531/

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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 Mapunya
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