Malemwa Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Malemwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malemwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda621:629,66632,895
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742

Malemwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malemwa is found most in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malemwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,955,159th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. Malemwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malemwa are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 629,666. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Sironko District, where 92 percent are found, Mbale District, where 3 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 2 percent are found. Beside Uganda Malemwa exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Tanzania, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malemba8613,388/
Malimwa8614/
Malamwa8614/
Malemwe862/
Malemva861/
Malembea80657/
Maleamba8041/
Malembai801/
Malmba772/
Malembe7111,830/
Malembo715,240/
Malimba714,660/
Molemba712,063/
Malembi711,112/
Malimwe71863/
Malamua7113/
Malimua715/
Malemve712/
Malenba711/
Malinwa711/
Moulemba6731/
Malimbai678/
Malimbay678/
Malembou675/
Molembea674/
Mallembo673/
Mallembe673/
Maleembo671/
Mailembo671/
Mailembe671/
Maleembi671/

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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 Malemwa
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