Malakwan Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Malakwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malakwan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Malakwan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malakwan has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malakwan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malakwan live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Other than South Africa Malakwan is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 percent are found.

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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 Malakwan
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