Mahlanga Surname

639,219th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mahlanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahlanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2741:197,72921,276
Zimbabwe2011:76,80711,322
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mahlanga (10) may also be a first name.

Mahlanga Last Name Facts

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

Mahlanga is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahlanga? popularity and diffusion

Mahlanga is the 639,219th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahlanga live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mahlanga is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 10 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 197,729. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 45 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 43 percent are found and Free State, where 4 percent are found. Other than South Africa Mahlanga is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 42 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Mahlanga Last Name Statistics demography

Mahlanga earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.43% less than the national average, earning R 120,168 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
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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 Mahlanga
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