Mawela
Which Mawela are you?
Nobody has recorded the branches of this family yet. A surname is shared across borders and languages — it's the clan that carries the region and the lineage. Mntimandze. Mabhengeta. Cele. If you know yours, you would be the first to put it on record.
Name your clan →
Partial is fine. Someone else can add the rest.
Branch not recorded
Tsonga
Hi va ka mahlongola dyambu ku sala n'weti. loko hi kuma vatshamile hi hlongola hi sala hi tshamile. hi famba hi longolokile hi ya ka mati hi mixakwa. Hi ti Ndlopfu hina. Ndlopfu a hidyi imfowethu. Hi vahlave hina , Hivambape hina. Mbape..Mbape Submitted by N'wa Mawila...Hambakwe Vahlave Vanhlave In North-east Mozambique we find the Vanhlave tribe, one of the biggest Tsonga tribes. Famous surnames are Makamu, Nkwinika, Mavundza, Mawila and Mathye. Xivumba-Makhuvele is a Nhlave tribe that split and formed Xivumba (South tribe) and Makhuvele (known as Mugwena). Nkuna is a tribe that joined the Vanhlave from Zulu land, Nkuna settled on Rikhotso’s land then moved to Bokgaha land where he expanded and gave birth to clans such as Risimati, Xikwambana, Mbalati, Maxele, Mboweni and Mukhari. Added by Patrick Mawela