Mhlambe Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

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

Mhlambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mhlambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4041:134,10315,593
Lesotho121:169,38013,459
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mhlambe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mhlambe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mhlambe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 703,644th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhlambe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 404 people, or 1 in 134,103. In South Africa Mhlambe is most numerous in: Free State, where 44 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 3 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Mhlambe Last Name Statistics demography

Mhlambe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.91% less than the national average, earning R 197,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mlambe92347/
Mhlambi864,678/
Mhlamba8633/
Mhlembe8611/
Mhlombe863/
Mmlambe861/
Mhlanbe861/
Mliambee8011/
Mhlambhi805/
Mlyambee801/
Mlamba772,919/
Mlambi77806/
Mlembe77712/
Mlombe77349/
Mlamboi712/
Mlamboa711/
Mhlombi711/
Mellambi675/
Mlambouj671/
Mellamby671/
Millombe671/
Millamuez631/
Mlomba621,484/
Mlombi62464/
Mlamwa62138/
Mlanwe6234/
Mlomwe6219/
Mlembi621/
Mlanve621/
Mellanby53167/
Mlomempi539/
Mlanhoue538/

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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 Mhlambe
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