Malamua Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Malamua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malamua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Malamua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malamua is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malamua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Malamua live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Pwani Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 23 percent live and Argentina, where 8 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 Malamua
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