Ndaleni Surname

374,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 957 people bear this surname

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

Ndaleni Surname User-submission:

Ndaleni is a son of Nhleko originally from Swaziland who came to South Africa in the 1800. He was the elder son after him Ngubelanga and they were other sons of Nhleko who were siblings to them.

They were traveling with Rev. James Allison of the Methodist Church.

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Ndaleni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9551:56,7317,203
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Ndaleni (157) may also be a first name.

Ndaleni Surname Meaning

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Ndaleni is a son of Nhleko originally from Swaziland who came to South Africa in the 1800. He was the elder son after him Ngubelanga and they were other sons of Nhleko who were siblings to them.

They were traveling with Rev. James Allison of the Methodist Church. When arriving in South Africa they settled in Richmond and Ndaleni was instrumental in assisting Rev. Allison to build the mission and the community in Richmond.

The Methodist Church which is also known as The Wesleyan Methodist Church (amaWeseli) arrived in Port Natal in 1841. In 1847 Reverend James Allison arrived in Ndaleni near Richmond Village with people mostly from Swaziland who were more than a thousand and built a Mission Station there. In 1850 he left his Mission Station with about a hundred families for Pietermaritzburg and together with his people raised funds to buy Andries Pretorius farm Welverdient which stretched from Willow Fontein to Zwartkop. Rev James Allison renamed it Edendale and built his own Mission Station there. After this Ndaleni proceeded to the Reverend and the head of the mission as the community expanded he was later the leader of that community. He built the teachers college known as Ndaleni Teachers' Training College which was one of the country's best colleges that existed. By then he was already the leader and the community have honoured him as by then the area was named after him. In 1960 during the ripe apartheid times after his death his elder great grandson Nduku decided to migrate towards the Southern Natal in Harding which borders Pondoland, Sotholand and Transkei. The other reason for migration was the fact that family practiced farming and had scores of livestock as well as to continue with crop farming. This where you find a concetration of Ndaleni clan. Sons of Ndaleni were Mkhetheka who gave birth to elder son Sihlinza, whom was the father to Nduku elder son and was the father to Xhamulana and he fathered Mfeketho and he fathered Ndukuzelanga. There were also other sons of Ndaleni who were siblings to the heirs of this generation.

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Ndaleni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndaleni is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndaleni? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 374,335th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,614,991 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndaleni reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 732,696th most frequently held forename at a global level It is held by 157 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 955 people, or 1 in 56,731. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 40 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent reside and North West, where 11 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Ndaleni Last Name Statistics demography

Ndaleni earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.33% less than the national average, earning R 134,664 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndalengi931/
Ndalena8625/
Ndoleni869/
Ndalini863/
Ndalene862/
Ndalenge80924/
Ndaleneu801/
Ndailenge751/
Ndalingoi751/
Ndolini712/
Ndolena711/
Ndaline711/
Ndolenge67130/
Ndalhine6710/
Ndolenje674/
Ndolioni671/
Ndalaina671/

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