Mabengu Surname

470,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 713 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mabengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mabengu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6621:81,83910,097
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mabengu (31) may also be a first name.

Mabengu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mabengu occurs most in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mabengu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mabengu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 470,770th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,220,962 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mabengu are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mabengu is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 31 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 662 people, or 1 in 81,839. In South Africa Mabengu is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and Western Cape, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Mabengu Last Name Statistics demography

Mabengu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.26% less than the national average, earning R 151,476 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mabhengu93398/
Mabuengu931/
Mabengou931/
Mabenu9245/
Mabingu86553/
Mobengu8641/
Mabenou8612/
Mabenau8610/
Mabhenu861/
Mampengu8060/
Mabinu7718/
Mavenu7715/
Mavngu774/
Moubengou751/
Mauvenu7137/
Mabinou7121/
Mawingu7115/
Mebingu711/
Mabuinu711/
Moubenou6710/
Mavinu623/
Mobinu622/
Mobinou571/
Moubinou534/
Mobyneux530/
Moubinous5010/

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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 Mabengu
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