Mahlalela Surname

23,804th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Mahlalela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahlalela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa17,3931:3,115410
Swaziland5,1791:25157
Zimbabwe1111:139,08318,071
Lesotho391:52,1178,022
England151:3,714,537119,675
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Mahlalela (234) may also be a first name.

Mahlalela Last Name Facts

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

Mahlalela is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mahlalela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahlalela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 23,804th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 320,388 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahlalela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mahlalela is also the 585,759th most common forename internationally, borne by 234 people.

The surname Mahlalela is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 17,393 people, or 1 in 3,115. In South Africa Mahlalela is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 23 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Mahlalela Last Name Statistics demography

Mahlalela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.89% less than the national average, earning R 142,836 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 Mahlalela
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