Mabulela Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

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

Mabulela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mabulela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1071:506,33441,014

Mabulela (14) may also be a first name.

Mabulela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mabulela occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mabulela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mabulela is the 1,775,494th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Mabulela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mabulela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mabulela is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 506,334. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 34 percent live, Gauteng, where 30 percent live and North West, where 19 percent live.

Mabulela Last Name Statistics demography

Mabulela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.21% less than the national average, earning R 130,212 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maabulela941/
Mabulele88252/
Mabulala88113/
Mabulelo8822/
Mabolela882/
Mabulola881/
Maibulala824/
Maboulola821/
Mavulele75138/
Mawolela7521/
Mabolelo7520/
Maboleli755/
Mabulilo751/
Mabolele751/
Mavhulele7124/
Movutlela715/
Maibuulolo674/
Mawolelo6313/
Moboleli632/
Mebouhlala561/

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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 Mabulela
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