Namelang Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

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

Namelang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namelang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1491:363,60933,044
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Namelang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namelang is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Namelang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namelang is the 1,434,893rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. Namelang is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namelang reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Namelang is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 363,609. In South Africa Namelang is mostly found in: North West, where 72 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Namelang Last Name Statistics demography

Namelang earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.53% less than the national average, earning R 162,708 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namelane881/
Namalang881/
Namolang881/
Nameelan881/
Nhomelang821/
Nomelan801/
Nomeland75316/
Nomelian754/
Namailan751/
Namilong751/
Namealam751/
Nomelagne7113/
Noymalang711/
Naamealam711/
Nameislam711/
Nomeliane711/
Nommeland710/
Nomilian634/
Noimalong591/

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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 Namelang
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