Mlungwane Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mlungwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlungwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3611:150,07717,029
Lesotho311:65,5669,080
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Mlungwane (34) may also be a first name.

Mlungwane Last Name Facts

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

Mlungwane is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlungwane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 731,961st most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,402,894 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlungwane reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mlungwane is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 34 people.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 150,077. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 83 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Mlungwane is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Mlungwane Last Name Statistics demography

Mlungwane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.3% less than the national average, earning R 110,976 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhlungwane9518/
Mlungwan941/
Mlungwana897,051/
Mlungwani89149/
Mlongwane8913/
Mlungwany891/
Mhlungwana848/
Mhlongwane846/
Mhlungwani841/
Mlongwana7846/
Mlunguana782/
Mlunqwana782/
Mluncwana781/
Mhlongwana742/
Mhlongwani741/

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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 Mlungwane
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