Mlamu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mlamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Mlamu (11) may also be a first name.
Mlamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mlamu (Arabic: ملامو) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most common surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Mlamu is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Mlamu reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mlamu is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 11 people.
It is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Mlamu is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 100 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mlamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mlamu in the Arabic language | ||
| ملامو | mlamw | - |
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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 Mlamu
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