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Pages in category "Surnames of African origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 381 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
There are eleven official names of South Africa, [1] one in each of its 12 official languages. The number is surpassed only by India. The number is surpassed only by India. These languages include English , Afrikaans , the Nguni languages ( Zulu , Xhosa , Ndebele , and Swazi ), the Sotho-Tswana languages ( Tswana , Sotho , and Pedi ), Venda ...
First/given/forename, middle, and last/family/surname with John Fitzgerald Kennedy as example. This shows a structure typical for Anglophonic cultures (and some others). Other cultures use other structures for full names. A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family.
Lists of the most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in African countries; Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries; Lists of most common surnames in European countries; Lists of most common surnames in North American countries; Lists of most common surnames in Oceanian countries
A third tradition of surnames was introduced in south Finland by the Swedish-speaking upper and middle classes, which used typical German and Swedish surnames. By custom, all Finnish-speaking persons who were able to get a position of some status in urban or learned society, discarded their Finnish name, adopting a Swedish, German or (in the ...
Pienaar is a well-known Afrikaans surname, derived from the French Pinard. [1] It was brought to South Africa in 1688 by Huguenot settlers traveling with the Dutch East India Company . [ 2 ] The extended progenitors of the Pienaar clan are Jacques Pinard, a carpenter from Eure-et-Loir , and Esther Foucher (born Suèvres , Orléanais ).
As of 2014, 95.6% of all known bearers of the surname Mahlangu were residents of South Africa (frequency 1:254) and 3.9% of Zimbabwe (1:1,760).. In South Africa, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:254) in the following provinces: [1]