Mahlatjie Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

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

Mahlatjie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahlatjie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3621:149,66216,988
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mahlatjie (81) may also be a first name.

Mahlatjie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mahlatjie is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mahlatjie click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahlatjie? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 772,238th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mahlatjie are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mahlatjie is also the 1,068,082nd most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 81 people.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 362 people, or 1 in 149,662. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 54 percent are found, Limpopo, where 38 percent are found and Free State, where 3 percent are found. Other than South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Mahlatjie Last Name Statistics demography

Mahlatjie earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.59% more than the national average, earning R 281,808 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 Mahlatjie
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