Mlobela Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

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

Mlobela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlobela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1481:366,06633,202
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mlobela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mlobela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlobela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlobela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mlobela is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 366,066. In South Africa Mlobela is primarily concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 58 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Limpopo, where 9 percent live. Apart from South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Mlobela Last Name Statistics demography

Mlobela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.03% less than the national average, earning R 142,500 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhlobela931/
Mlobeli862,104/
Mlowela8688/
Mlobele8612/
Mlebela861/
Mlovela861/
Mlobelo861/
Mhlabela803/
Mhlebela802/
Mlubeli7119/
Mlabila7110/
Mlabeli711/
Mlobile711/
Mhlabelo677/
Mhlabeli672/
Mlhabele671/
Mlavila57126/
Mlawila575/

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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 Mlobela
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