Malakata Surname

236,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,702 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Malakata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malakata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,4301:11,0841,275
India1651:4,648,881119,525
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malakata (10) may also be a first name.

Malakata Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malakata is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Malakata click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malakata? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 236,209th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,281,754 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Malakata reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Malakata is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held given name worldwide, held by 10 people.

It is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,430 people, or 1 in 11,084. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Central Province, where 54 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 31 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent live and Malawi, where 6 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Malakata
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