Vilakazi Surname

8,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65,606 people bear this surname

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

Vilakazi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vilakazi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa64,4861:84072
Swaziland8081:1,607180
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
England741:752,94741,527
Lesotho291:70,0889,364
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Norway61:857,04855,549
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196

Vilakazi (20) may also be a first name.

Vilakazi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vilakazi is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vilakazi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vilakazi is the 8,661st most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 111,080 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vilakazi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Vilakazi is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 20 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 64,486 people, or 1 in 840. In South Africa Vilakazi is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 37 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 26 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 1 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.

Vilakazi Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Vilakazi earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 34.11% less than the national average, earning R 156,588 per year and in United States they earn 32.55% less than the national average, earning $29,104 USD per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vilakazi
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