Mlamla Surname

165,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,616 people bear this surname

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

Mlamla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlamla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,6111:20,7502,626
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mlamla Last Name Facts

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

Mlamla is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mlamla click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlamla? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 165,565th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,785,759 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlamla are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,611 people, or 1 in 20,750. In South Africa Mlamla is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent are found, Gauteng, where 11 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa Mlamla exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Mlamla Last Name Statistics demography

Mlamla earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.2% less than the national average, earning R 115,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mlamli83294/
Mlamlo832/
Mlanla831/
Mlamle831/
Mhlanla771/
Mhlamle771/
Mhlamli771/
Mellamella751/
Mhlanhla712/
Mleimela711/
Mlonla671/
Mlanlo671/
Mellamilli635/
Mellamelli634/
Millamello631/
Mhlanlo621/
Mlanluo621/
Millanello509/

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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 Mlamla
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