Banalaba Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Banalaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banalaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Banalaba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Banalaba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Banalaba is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Banalaba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Banalaba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Banalaba reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Banalaba is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Without taking into account Malawi this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 43 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Banalaba
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