Mahlatsa Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mahlatsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahlatsa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho611:33,3216,091
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mahlatsa (10) may also be a first name.

Mahlatsa Last Name Facts

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

Mahlatsa is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahlatsa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mahlatsa is the 2,414,640th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mahlatsa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mahlatsa is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 10 people.

This last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 33,321. In Lesotho Mahlatsa is mostly found in: Berea District, where 46 percent are found, Leribe District, where 39 percent are found and Maseru District, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho Mahlatsa occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Mahlatsa
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