Mapwanya Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Mapwanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 330 | 1:46,783 | 7,181 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mapwanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapwanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapwanya occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapwanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mapwanya is the 832,284th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapwanya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mapwanya is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 330 people, or 1 in 46,783. In Zimbabwe Mapwanya is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 43 percent reside, Harare Province, where 19 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe Mapwanya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mapwanya
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