Surname · Xitsonga
Nkuna
Also spelled Ba-Nkuna, Vankuna, Nkuna wa Mavutana.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Totem nyarhi (buffalo); also homu (ox) in Juno — Junod: Nkuna men liked to be saluted with Nkuna! Homu! Nyari! (ox, buffalo), whi
- Grouping Dzonga/Hlabi region of origin (Junod); a major chiefdom in its own right in Limpopo
- Surnames recorded Nkuna, Mhuntanyana, Mashongana, Mbhalati, Kulala, Mushwana, Xipalana, Shiluvane / Shiluvana, Muhlaba / Muhlava
- Places recorded Originally, Olifants-Limpopo, Mozambique, Ritavi, Tzaneen, Shiluvane, Leydsdorp, Limpopo
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- izithakazelo.blog (community-compiled), Nkuna Clan Praises // Meaning & History, read 2026-09-05, izithakazelo.blog — https://izithakazelo.blog/nkuna-clan-praises/
- Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
- Shidjabadjaba John Malungana, Vuphato: Praise Poetry in Xitsonga (D.Litt. et Phil. thesis), 1994 — https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Vuphato---praise-poetry-in/9913242107691
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
Are You Nkuna?
Put your name on the launch list.
Tell Me When It Opens Send This To Your Family
We write to you about Wozekhaya, and nothing else.
If Your Family Holds More Of This
A family saying its own swiphato swa swivongo knows them better than any directory does. If yours has more than what is on this page, it belongs here.