Malembela Surname

351,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Malembela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malembela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5691:93,0439,294
DR Congo4651:158,88116,459
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Malembela (127) may also be a first name.

Malembela Last Name Facts

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

Malembela occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Malembela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malembela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malembela is the 351,339th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,020,757 people. The last name Malembela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malembela live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Malembela is also the 825,494th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 127 people.

The surname Malembela is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 569 people, or 1 in 93,043. In Tanzania Malembela is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 54 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 23 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 45 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 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 Malembela
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