Mthabela Surname

68,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,214 people bear this surname

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

Mthabela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mthabela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7,1821:7,544955
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Swaziland41:324,550996
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Mthabela Last Name Facts

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

Mthabela occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mthabela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 68,821st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,010,195 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mthabela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 7,182 people, or 1 in 7,544. In South Africa Mthabela is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mthabela Last Name Statistics demography

Mthabela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.87% less than the national average, earning R 135,756 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtabela93457/
Mthobela8850/
Mthebela888/
Mthabelo882/
Mthabola882/
Mthabele881/
Mtaabela881/
Mthabala881/
Mthabeli881/
Mthavela881/
Mtobela80271/
Mtebela8020/
Mtabele8010/
Mtabala806/
Mtabeli802/
Mtabila802/
Mtavela801/
Mtabelo801/
Mthobeli7525/
Mthabili753/
Mthabile751/
Mthawelo751/
Mtowela67267/
Mtawila6798/
Mtavila6732/
Mtabolo679/
Mtobeli679/
Mtavele671/
Mtabile671/
Mtabalo671/
Mthobile632/
Mtawaila631/
Mtavilla631/
Mtavillah595/
Mtowelo539/
Mtawilo531/
Mtgobile501/

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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 Mthabela
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