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South African Names

How naming works in South Africa — order, inheritance, particles, and the names Foundry's own data sees most often, backed by a live parser.

Analyze full name ↓ Common Names

Common names in South Africa

The given and family names Foundry sees most often for South Africa, each shown with its share of what Foundry has learned — not an official statistic, just what the engine's own data reflects.

Given names

  1. Mpho 0.46%
  2. Thabo 0.38%
  3. Lerato 0.38%
  4. John 0.31%
  5. Tebogo 0.29%
  6. Tshepo 0.29%
  7. David 0.28%
  8. Precious 0.28%
  9. Zanele 0.27%
  10. Thabang 0.26%

Family names

  1. Ndlovu 0.69%
  2. Dlamini 0.58%
  3. Khumalo 0.54%
  4. Nkosi 0.52%
  5. Mokoena 0.39%
  6. Sithole 0.36%
  7. Mkhize 0.35%
  8. Mahlangu 0.32%
  9. Zulu 0.31%
  10. Smith 0.3%

Analyze name from South Africa

Split full names from South Africa into given name, family name, titles, and particles — calibrated confidence instead of a single guess, powered by Foundry.

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This page is one view onto Foundry's Name Intelligence engine, fixed to the South Africa context. For the full feature list, how it works, and other countries, see Name Intelligence.

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