Dlamini
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Dlamini is a surname, most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is the 3rd most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Zulu, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Major Nguni clan name associated with royalty.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 218◐
- USUnited States1 in 3.1M
- SZEswatini1 in 7
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈145 ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 123 ●
- 1 in 646K ◐
across 7 countries
recorded for this name
106K records
Official registry-verified
Switzerland
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Major Nguni clan name associated with royalty.
Sources 1
- sanames.co.za — South African surnames
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | #3 | 138,558 | 103K rec. | — | 5.9K | Dlamini | 123 |
| SZ Eswatini | #1 | 841 | 962 rec. | — | 745 | Dlamini | 59 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 523 | 392 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 56 |
| US United States | — | 108 | 1K rec. | 1 in 3.1M | 157 | Dlamini | 117 |
| AU Australia | — | 88 | 80 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 28 |
| CA Canada | — | 67 | 59 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 27 |
| FR France | — | 62 | 58 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 20 |
| MN Mongolia | — | 49 | 49 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 1 |
| RU Russia | — | 37 | 27 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 14 |
| ZW Zimbabwe | — | 36 | 19 rec. | — | listed | Dlamini | 17 |
| TW Taiwan | — | 34 | 18 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 8 |
| DE Germany | — | 23 | 20 rec. | — | — | Dlamini | 16 |
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Languages●
- English78K51%
- Zulu27K17%
- Swahili12K8%
- English (South Africa)10K7%
- Afrikaans7.6K5%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 78,103 | 51% |
| Zulu | 26,561 | 17% |
| Swahili | 11,861 | 8% |
| English (South Africa) | 10,428 | 7% |
| Afrikaans | 7,608 | 5% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Dlamini is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Zulu, eat at noon
as a nameKoopman, Adrian. Zulu Names (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2002)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Jameson Mbilini Dlaminib. 1921SZPrime Minister of Eswatini (1921-2008)
- Barnabas Sibusiso Dlaminib. 1942SZPrime Minister of Swaziland (1942-2018)
- Themba Dlaminib. 1950SZPrime Minister of Eswatini
- Cleopas Dlaminib. 1952SZprime Minister of Eswatini
- Zenani Mandela-Dlaminib. 1959ZASouth African diplomat
- Bathabile Dlaminib. 1968ZASouth African politician
- Edeupa Yeriminb. 1973SZnot in their usual namePM of Swaziland
- Sikhanyiso Dlaminib. 1987SZSwazi princess
- Amala Dlaminib. 1995USAmerican singer and rapper (born 1995)
- Nicholas Dlaminib. 1995ZASouth African bicycle racer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 19 sources across 15 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 26 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Dlamini?
- We estimate roughly 145 people bear Dlamini (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Dlamini have the most bearers?
- Dlamini is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled dlamini.
- How common is Dlamini compared with other names?
- In South Africa, Dlamini is the 3rd most common surname of 302,267 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Dlamini mean?
- Recorded meaning: Major Nguni clan name associated with royalty.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dlamini” — the 3rd most common surname in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.