Malembo Surname

91,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Malembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,0391:8,3961,286
Tanzania1,4801:35,7714,181
DR Congo1,0881:67,9048,002
Zambia4761:33,2983,382
Uganda651:600,60431,967
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
Indonesia261:5,086,507239,866
Kenya121:3,848,32540,366
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Malembo (915) may also be a first name.

Malembo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malembo (Arabic: ماليمبو) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malembo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 91,371st most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,390,753 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Malembo reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 268,007th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 915 people.

The last name Malembo is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,039 people, or 1 in 8,396. Apart from Malawi Malembo is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 21 percent live.

Malembo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Malembo surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malembou935/
Mallembo933/
Maleembo931/
Mailembo931/
Malmbo9261/
Maliembou881/
Malambo8647,815/
Malemba8613,388/
Malombo864,134/
Malimbo86793/
Molembo86128/
Maliombo80434/
Maleamba8041/
Malimbuo8015/
Malhambo8013/
Maulambo8010/
Mmalambo809/
Malaambo808/
Mahlambo806/
Molembou805/
Malomboi804/
Mailambo803/
Mailombo803/
Malamboy802/
Mallambo802/
Malyombo801/
Maslimbo801/
Maliambo801/
Malamboo801/
Malambho801/
Maluemba801/
Melemboh801/
Mallimbo801/
Mahlombo801/
Malambou801/
Malmba772/
Maïlambou751/
Maylambou751/
Malimmbuo751/
Malamba7117,932/
Malimba714,660/
Malomba712,094/
Molemba712,063/
Molombo711,407/
Molambo711,328/
Melambo71222/
Malemwa7191/
Melombo7148/
Molimbo7122/
Melemba714/
Malemva711/
Malenba711/
Mahlamba67469/
Moulombo67120/
Mailamba6796/
Moulemba6731/
Malimbas6720/
Moulemvo6717/
Mahlomba6710/
Maliamba676/
Molimbuo672/
Maliomuo671/
Malaamba671/
Maalamba671/
Moilombo671/
Mmalamba671/
Meliemba671/
Mallamba671/
Mhelemba671/
Mohlambo671/
Maelamba671/
Maulamba671/
Malimbat671/

Malembo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malembo in the Arabic language
ماليمبوmalymbw-

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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 Malembo
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