Mahlangu

Mahlangu is a surname.

Geographical distribution

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. Mpumalanga (1:33)
• 2. Gauteng (1:254)

In Zimbabwe, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,760) in the following provinces:

• 1. Bulawayo (1:376)
• 2. Matabeleland South (1:420)
• 3. Matabeleland North (1:422)

People

Notable people with the surname include:

• Bongani Mahlangu (born 1979), boxer from South Africa
• Chris Mahlangu, killer of Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941–2010), South African politician and founder and leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
• Duncan Mahlangu (born 1983), South African taekwondo practitioner who competed in the men's featherweight category
• Esther Mahlangu (born 1935), South African Ndebele artist
• Jabu Mahlangu (formerly Jabu Jeremiah Pule) (born 1980), retired South African football (soccer) midfielder
• July Mahlangu (born 1980), South African football (soccer) midfielder for Thanda Royal Zulu
• M. J. Mahlangu, South African politician
• Magodonga Mahlangu, women's rights campaigner from Zimbabwe who in 2009 was awarded the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award by U.S. President Barack Obama
• May Mahlangu (born 1989), South African footballer
• Moses Mahlangu (born 1925), long-time supporter of the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in South Africa
• Sibusiso Mahlangu (born 1982), South African football (soccer) player
• Solomon Mahlangu (1956–1979), South African operative of the African National Congress (ANC) militant wing, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), hanged for murder in 1979
• Qedani Mahlangu, (born 1968) the former Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development
• Thamsanqa Mahlangu (died 2015), former MDC politician and Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment
• Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde (born 1955), South African politician who was Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2008 to 2009
• Zena Mahlangu (born 1984), Swazi royal and wife of 10th wife of Mswati III

See also

• Mahlangu Tigers FC, South African football (soccer) club, with the full official name Mahlangu Tigers
• Malan (disambiguation)
• Malang
• Mangu (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Mahlangu
• All pages with titles containing Mahlangu