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South Africa surnames ranking

Ranking	Surname	Population	Percentage
1	Dlamini	about 310,094	0.5572％
2	Nkosi	about 300,929	0.5407％
3	Ndlovu	about 281,656	0.5061％
4	Khumalo	about 273,217	0.4909％
5	Sithole	about 216,358	0.3888％

　

　

Ranking	Surname	Population	Percentage
6	Mahlangu	about 215,528	0.3873％
7	Mokoena	about 209,762	0.3769％
8	Mkhize	about 173,326	0.3114％
9	Mthembu	about 171,793	0.3087％
10	Zulu	about 165,568	0.2975％
11	Ngcobo	about 163,802	0.2943％
12	Gumede	about 163,265	0.2934％
13	Naidoo	about 153,887	0.2765％
14	Buthelezi	about 149,129	0.2680％
15	Khoza	about 143,494	0.2578％
16	Sibiya	about 133,461	0.2398％
17	Jacobs	about 130,364	0.2342％
18	Govender	about 129,771	0.2332％
19	Mofokeng	about 129,329	0.2324％
20	Botha	about 128,008	0.2300％
21	Mhlongo	about 126,648	0.2276％
22	Smith	about 125,534	0.2256％
23	Baloyi	about 124,602	0.2239％
24	Mbatha	about 121,567	0.2184％
25	Pillay	about 121,424	0.2182％
26	Radebe	about 119,966	0.2156％
27	Mathebula	about 114,416	0.2056％
28	Ntuli	about 113,766	0.2044％
29	Zwane	about 112,699	0.2025％
30	Mazibuko	about 111,243	0.1999％
31	Tshabalala	about 110,309	0.1982％
32	Nxumalo	about 107,776	0.1937％
33	van Wyk	about 106,985	0.1922％
34	Williams	about 106,885	0.1921％
35	Chauke	about 103,812	0.1865％
36	Ngwenya	about 103,436	0.1859％
37	Cele	about 102,346	0.1839％
38	van der Merwe	about 100,825	0.1812％
39	Mthethwa	about 99,131	0.1781％
40	Dube	about 95,974	0.1724％
41	Ngobeni	about 93,651	0.1683％
42	Pretorius	about 89,359	0.1606％
43	Ngubane	about 89,112	0.1601％
44	Maluleke	about 89,002	0.1599％
45	Maseko	about 87,560	0.1573％
46	Du Plessis	about 86,080	0.1547％
47	Molefe	about 85,700	0.1540％
48	Mtshali	about 85,146	0.1530％
49	Mabaso	about 84,533	0.1519％
50	Nel	about 84,016	0.1510％
51	Coetzee	about 83,814	0.1506％
52	Venter	about 78,988	0.1419％
53	Mkhwanazi	about 77,971	0.1401％
54	Fourie	about 77,740	0.1397％
55	Mnisi	about 77,670	0.1396％
56	Adams	about 75,697	0.1360％
57	Zondi	about 73,932	0.1328％
58	Moloi	about 73,321	0.1317％
59	Smit	about 72,776	0.1308％
60	Mchunu	about 71,375	0.1282％
61	Motaung	about 71,351	0.1282％
62	Louw	about 70,966	0.1275％
63	Hlongwane	about 68,782	0.1236％
64	van Zyl	about 68,529	0.1231％
65	Zungu	about 68,399	0.1229％
66	Mnguni	about 68,130	0.1224％
67	Nkuna	about 67,255	0.1208％
68	Hlatshwayo	about 67,225	0.1208％
69	Moodley	about 66,099	0.1188％
70	Kruger	about 65,220	0.1172％
71	Shabangu	about 64,692	0.1162％
72	Vilakazi	about 64,486	0.1159％
73	Xaba	about 64,220	0.1154％
74	Shabalala	about 63,914	0.1148％
75	Malatji	about 63,611	0.1143％
76	Dladla	about 62,971	0.1131％
77	Du Toit	about 60,711	0.1091％
78	Erasmus	about 60,680	0.1090％
79	van Niekerk	about 60,361	0.1085％
80	Meyer	about 60,306	0.1084％
81	Hadebe	about 59,176	0.1063％
82	Skosana	about 58,671	0.1054％
83	Abrahams	about 57,418	0.1032％
84	Singh	about 57,300	0.1030％
85	Majola	about 55,382	0.0995％
86	Mohlala	about 53,842	0.0967％
87	Davids	about 53,829	0.0967％
88	Kekana	about 53,711	0.0965％
89	Kunene	about 53,266	0.0957％
90	Xulu	about 53,248	0.0957％
91	Khanyile	about 53,081	0.0954％
92	Cloete	about 52,974	0.0952％
93	Zuma	about 52,855	0.0950％
94	Simelane	about 52,261	0.0939％
95	van Rooyen	about 52,197	0.0938％
96	Booysen	about 52,009	0.0935％
97	Mudau	about 51,151	0.0919％
98	Langa	about 50,952	0.0916％
99	Nhlapo	about 50,874	0.0914％
100	Modise	about 50,411	0.0906％

※references : Forebears(2021)

　

※This ranking is based on our own research and compilation based on references.
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