Tsonga Surnames & Their Meanings
Tsonga surnames and clan names with their origins and meanings. · 37 surnames · indicative and sometimes contested
TsongaHlungwaniTsonga clan name associated with the Hlengwe group.→TsongaKhosaTsonga surname/clan head said to originate from Xhosa stock long absorbed into Tsonga land; progenitor of clans including Ntimane, Rikhotso, Sambo, Ngoveni and Manganyi.→TsongaMabasaTsonga clan name associated with the Hlengwe group.→TsongaMabundaCommon Tsonga clan name in South Africa.→TsongaMahlauleCommon Tsonga clan name in South Africa.→TsongaMahlawuleTsonga clan of the Vadzonga/Khosa line. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMahumaneListed among Khalanga-grouping clans (Mahumani). Tsonga clan name found in SA and Mozambique; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMahumaniTsonga clan listed within the Khalanga grouping (with Baloyi, Tembe, Makhubele, Makaringi, Mukansi). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMakaringiMakaringi - Tsonga clan listed within the Khalanga grouping (with Baloyi, Tembe, Mahumani, Makhubele, Mukansi). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMakhubeleTsonga surname associated with the Khalanga clan grouping.→TsongaMakwakwaTsonga clan of the N'wanati grouping (with Mondlane, Maluleke, Ndlala, Mparhuki). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaManganyiTsonga surname of Nguni origin (from Kwa-Magoda in KwaZulu-Natal), absorbed into the Tsonga/Khosa clan structure.→TsongaMasiyaAlso Masiye/Xikhotana. Tsonga clan of the Khosa/Vadzonga grouping. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMasulukeTsonga clan of the Khosa/Vadzonga grouping (with Rikhotso, Mbhanyele, Masiya, Nsumbani). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMaswanganyiTsonga clan of the Nhlave grouping; sometimes associated together with Mabunda/Mavundza and linked in tradition to the Mazibuko clan of KwaZulu-Natal. Literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMathonsiTsonga surname; counted among Tsonga clan names of Nguni-influenced origin.→TsongaMathyeAlso Mathebula-adjacent Mathye/Matiye. Tsonga clan listed among the Vanhlave surnames (with Makamu, Nkwinika, Mavundza, Mawila). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMawilaAlso Mavila. Tsonga clan; appears among the Balengi/Vacopi-linked surnames and the Vanhlave group. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMbhanyeleTsonga clan of the Khosa/Vadzonga grouping (with Rikhotso, Masuluke, Masiya, Nsumbani). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMboweniTsonga clan that branched from the Nkuna grouping.→TsongaMiyambuTsonga clan of Ndau origin now part of the Tsonga (compare the related Shivambu). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMkhabelaTsonga surname, most concentrated in South Africa; listed among Tsonga clan names.→TsongaMkhansiAlso spelled Mukansi. Tsonga clan listed within the Khalanga grouping alongside Baloyi, Tembe, Mahumani, Makhubele and Makaringi. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMondlaneTsonga clan of the N'wanati grouping (notably borne by Mozambican leader Eduardo Mondlane). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaMukhariAlso Mukhary. Tsonga clan descended from the Nkuna line. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaNdlalaTsonga clan of the N'wanati grouping (with Makwakwa, Mondlane, Maluleke, Mparhuki). Clan name; 'ndlala' meaning hunger in some Bantu languages is not a confirmed gloss here - meaning uncertain.→TsongaNkwinikaTsonga clan of the Nhlave grouping (with Nkuna, Mabunda, Maswanganyi, Novela). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaNovelaTsonga clan of the Nhlave grouping (with Nkuna, Mabunda, Maswanganyi, Nkwinika). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaNsumbaniTsonga clan of the Khosa/Vadzonga grouping. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaNtimaneCommon Tsonga clan name in South Africa.→TsongaRikhotsoTsonga clan of the Khosa/Vadzonga grouping. Literal sense from VIV: 'ku khotsa' = 'ku munyungeta' (to embrace/squeeze/hug).→TsongaRisimatiTsonga clan descended from the Nkuna line (with Xikwambana, Mbalati, Maxele, Mboweni, Mukhari). Clan name; relates to the personal name Risimati (from 'Erasmus'); meaning as clan name uncertain.→TsongaSamboTsonga clan of the Vadzonga/Khosa line. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaShivambuXitsonga (also used in Sepedi) clan surname of southern Africa, associated with Tsonga/Ndau lineages (compare the Ndau-origin clan Miyambu now among the Tsonga). Lineage/clan name; a reliable literal meaning could not be verified - meaning uncertain.→TsongaSimangoTsonga clan of Ndau origin now part of the Tsonga (with Mashaba, Sithole, Moyana, Miyambu). Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaTembeOld Tsonga (Ronga) clan; appears among the Varonga of the coastal/southern Mozambique region and within the Khalanga grouping. Royal/ancestral clan name of the Tembe people; literal meaning uncertain.→TsongaXikwambanaAlso Shikwambana. Tsonga clan descended from the Nkuna line. Clan name; literal meaning uncertain.→