Mahlala Surname
Approximately 554 people bear this surname
Mahlala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 312 | 1:173,646 | 19,205 |
| Lesotho | 167 | 1:12,171 | 2,717 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
Mahlala (88) may also be a first name.
Mahlala Demographics
Average Mahlala Salary in
South Africa
R 102,384
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mahlala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahlala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahlala is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mahlala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahlala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 569,728th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahlala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 88 people.
The last name Mahlala is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 312 people, or 1 in 173,646. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 35 percent are found, Gauteng, where 20 percent are found and Limpopo, where 10 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Mahlala exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 30 percent are found and Botswana, where 8 percent are found.
Mahlala Last Name Statistics demography
Mahlala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.92% less than the national average, earning R 102,384 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 Mahlala
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