Mandlela Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mandlela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mandlela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mandlela (25) may also be a first name.

Mandlela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mandlela is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mandlela.

How Common Is The Last Name Mandlela? popularity and diffusion

Mandlela is the 4,427,875th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Mandlela is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mandlela reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mandlela is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 25 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 857,680. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 83 percent live, Harare Province, where 6 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mandhlela9430/
Mgandlela941/
Mandlala8823/
Mandlelo885/
Mandlola883/
Mandlele881/
Mandlolla823/
Mandlolo7512/
Mondlala755/
Mandlili751/
Mondleli751/
Mondhlala596/
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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 Mandlela
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