Madlala Surname

15,194th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,664 people bear this surname

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

Madlala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madlala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa36,5541:1,482174
Zimbabwe491:315,06631,156
England311:1,797,35772,927
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Lesotho51:406,51217,363
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Swaziland41:324,550996
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Madlala (117) may also be a first name.

Madlala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Madlala occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Madlala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 15,194th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 198,766 people. The surname Madlala is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Madlala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Madlala is also the 864,112th most widespread forename globally, held by 117 people.

The last name Madlala is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 36,554 people, or 1 in 1,482. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent are found, Gauteng, where 10 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Madlala Last Name Statistics demography

Madlala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.19% less than the national average, earning R 154,008 per year.

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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 Madlala
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