Mahlava Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Mahlava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 121 | 1:127,589 | 16,979 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mahlava (54) may also be a first name.
Mahlava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahlava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahlava has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahlava? popularity and diffusion
Mahlava is the 1,628,521st most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahlava reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 54 people.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 127,589. In Zimbabwe Mahlava is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 34 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 24 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Mahlava exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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 Mahlava
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