Nhlanhla Surname

181,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,352 people bear this surname

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

Nhlanhla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nhlanhla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,3281:23,2722,959
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England81:6,964,757184,742
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Nhlanhla (58,110) may also be a first name.

Nhlanhla Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nhlanhla is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nhlanhla.

How Common Is The Last Name Nhlanhla? popularity and diffusion

It is the 181,039th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,098,446 people. The surname Nhlanhla is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nhlanhla live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 16,281st most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 58,110 people.

The last name Nhlanhla is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,328 people, or 1 in 23,272. In South Africa it is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Nhlanhla Last Name Statistics demography

Nhlanhla earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.82% less than the national average, earning R 159,636 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhlanhlaa941/
Nhlanhlap941/
Nlanhla932/
Nhlanla931/
Nhlanhlo883/
Nlanla863/
Nhlonhlo752/
Ngelangela671,231/
Nilamla671/
Nilanlou631/
Ngellangella601/
Nlonle572/

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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 Nhlanhla
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