Family name Mapya (Mafia 
, Mapya 
) , in the entire world, is quite a rare cognomen. The last name Mapya is characteristic of Reunion, where it is quite a common surname, Tanzania, where it is a rare surname, and Jamaica. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Mapya is the forename as well as the last name.