Malabwa Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Malabwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malabwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4121:38,4713,834
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Malabwa (29) may also be a first name.

Malabwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malabwa is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malabwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 707,442nd most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malabwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most common first name globally, held by 29 people.

The surname Malabwa is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 412 people, or 1 in 38,471. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 69 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 25 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.

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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 Malabwa
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