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[Facts] Re: South African popular baby names!
Do you have any information on which African language or languages these popular names come from?
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Nothing that I can access at present: if I find this info, I'll pass it on.Statistically, I'd expect all the top names to be from the Nguni group of languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi and Ndebele. Their speakers make up about 43% of our population, and speakers of the other major language group (Sesotho) make up just over 21%. Dlamini is an Nguni surname and is the most popular, followed by Nkosi and Ndlovu, also Nguni.
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