Mlapa Surname
Approximately 656 people bear this surname
Mlapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mlapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mlapa is carried by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mlapa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlapa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 501,369th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,109,064 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlapa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Barring Togo it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mlapha | 91 | 5 | / |
| Mlapah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Millapa | 83 | 9 | / |
| Mhlapha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mlapass | 83 | 0 | / |
| Mlapi | 80 | 252 | / |
| Mlepa | 80 | 157 | / |
| Mlapo | 80 | 12 | / |
| Mlopa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mlape | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mellappa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Millapha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mhlapo | 73 | 176 | / |
| Mhlapi | 73 | 32 | / |
| Mlaphi | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mlapod | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mlapho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mmlapo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mhlape | 73 | 1 | / |
| Millapi | 67 | 1,207 | / |
| Millape | 67 | 304 | / |
| Mhlapho | 67 | 85 | / |
| Mhlaphe | 67 | 17 | / |
| Millapo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mhlaphi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mhlapod | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mellapo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mlapa
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