Surname · Xitsonga
Maputju
Also spelled Mapute, Mabudu / Mabhudu.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping Ronga group; independent sub-clan of Tembe
- Surnames recorded Tembe
- Places recorded South, Maputo, Mozambique, Maputaland
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
- Wikipedia contributors, Tembe (Southern African clan), read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tembe_(Southern_African_clan)
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