Mapurisa Surname
Approximately 4,724 people bear this surname
Mapurisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 4,692 | 1:3,290 | 252 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Mapurisa (250) may also be a first name.
Mapurisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapurisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapurisa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapurisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mapurisa is the 100,070th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,542,664 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapurisa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 563,826th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 250 people.
The last name Mapurisa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 4,692 people, or 1 in 3,290. In Zimbabwe Mapurisa is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 21 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 20 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mapurisa
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