Malengu Surname

100,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Malengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malengu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4,5771:16,1412,007
Zimbabwe671:230,42125,509
Tanzania571:928,80044,452
Solomon Islands111:52,73010,588
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Malengu (285) may also be a first name.

Malengu Last Name Facts

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

Malengu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malengu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 100,070th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,542,664 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malengu are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Malengu is also the 524,196th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 285 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4,577 people, or 1 in 16,141. Beside The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 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
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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 Malengu
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