Mdlela Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

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

Mdlela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdlela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3271:165,68118,511
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mdlela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mdlela is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdlela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 837,371st most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. The last name Mdlela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdlela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 327 people, or 1 in 165,681. In South Africa Mdlela is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 46 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and Western Cape, where 15 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.

Mdlela Last Name Statistics demography

Mdlela earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.54% more than the national average, earning R 281,700 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdhlela9232/
Mdlala8329/
Mdleli831/
Mdlele831/
Mdhlele771/
Mdlallah711/
Mdlolo672,225/
Mdlalo671,773/
Mdlyli672/
Mdlile671/
Mdlili671/
Mdlilo671/
Mdhlolo6272/
Mdhlala6255/
Mdhlili622/
Mdhlhli621/
Mdlahlo621/
Mdhlalo621/
Mdhlahlo577/

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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 Mdlela
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