Malambwe Surname

199,994th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,088 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Malambwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Malambwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,8681:39,5504,877
Zambia1931:82,1246,943
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malambwe (28) may also be a first name.

Malambwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malambwe is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Malambwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Malambwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 199,994th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,490,204 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malambwe live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Malambwe is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 28 people.

Malambwe is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,868 people, or 1 in 39,550. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malyambwe941/
Malambwa88178/
Malembwe8834/
Malanbwe881/
Malombwe881/
Muilambwe82157/
Malyambwa8299/
Maliambwa824/
Mahlambwa821/
Malombwa7574/
Malampue754/
Muilambue7168/
Molombwa6315/
Molombway591/
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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 Malambwe
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