Malangisa Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Malangisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malangisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1871:283,11022,159
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Malangisa Last Name Facts

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

Malangisa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Malangisa.

How Common Is The Last Name Malangisa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,206,588th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Malangisa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 283,110. In Tanzania Malangisa is most prevalent in: Iringa Region, where 59 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 40 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Malangisa
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