Mapuru Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mapuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapuru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho3851:5,2791,079
South Africa1611:336,50731,327
Zimbabwe1261:122,52616,470
Solomon Islands171:34,1196,789
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
India81:95,883,173728,828
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Fiji11:894,3914,568
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mapuru (237) may also be a first name.

Mapuru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mapuru is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapuru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 469,321st most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,178,137 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mapuru live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 581,650th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 237 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 5,279. In Lesotho Mapuru is most prevalent in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 48 percent live, Maseru District, where 39 percent live and Leribe District, where 6 percent live. Not including Lesotho this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live.

Mapuru Last Name Statistics demography

Mapuru earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.52% less than the national average, earning R 100,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maphuru9274/
Madpuru9253/
Mapfuru9221/
Maipuru924/
Maepuru922/
Mmapuru921/
Meapuru921/
Mapurus921/
Maapuru921/
Mapourou8638/
Mmaphuru865/
Mahpurhu861/
Madpauru861/
Mopuru833,102/
Mepuru8316/
Maporu836/
Maipourou801/
Maphoru77675/
Moppuru7716/
Moopuru7715/
Mopuuru7714/
Mepuruu774/
Maphiru771/
Mahaphurus751/
Mapfouroe671/
Mopiru671/
Mopooru6213/
Mophoru621/
Mopuroo621/

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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 Mapuru
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