Mlapo Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mlapo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlapo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Mlapo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mlapo is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlapo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlapo are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 508,140. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Leribe District, where 75 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 25 percent live. Barring Lesotho this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 percent live.

Mlapo Last Name Statistics demography

Mlapo earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.82% more than the national average, earning R 239,592 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhlapo91176/
Mlapod914/
Mmlapo911/
Mlapho911/
Mhlapho8385/
Millapo8311/
Mhlapod834/
Mellapo831/
Mlapa80656/
Mlepo806/
Mlopo802/
Mlapha735/
Mlepoh734/
Mhlopo733/
Mlepho731/
Mlapah731/
Millapa679/
Mhlapha671/
Mlapass670/
Mellappa625/
Millapha621/
Mlepa60157/
Mlopa607/
Mhlopha501/

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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 Mlapo
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