Mahlanya Surname

337,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,089 people bear this surname

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

Mahlanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahlanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0621:51,0156,474
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Lesotho51:406,51217,363
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mahlanya (19) may also be a first name.

Mahlanya Last Name Facts

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

Mahlanya occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mahlanya.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahlanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mahlanya is the 337,980th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,691,961 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahlanya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mahlanya is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 19 people.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,062 people, or 1 in 51,015. In South Africa Mahlanya is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 49 percent reside, Gauteng, where 36 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Lesotho, where 0 percent reside.

Mahlanya Last Name Statistics demography

Mahlanya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.2% less than the national average, earning R 144,492 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 Mahlanya
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