Maligana Surname

248,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Maligana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maligana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8491:62,3586,669
South Africa6811:79,5569,837
Indonesia661:2,003,776125,554
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Maligana (565) may also be a first name.

Maligana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maligana occurs most in Tanzania. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Maligana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maligana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 248,111th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,549,030 people. The surname Maligana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Maligana reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Maligana is also the 353,173rd most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 565 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 849 people, or 1 in 62,358. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 78 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 9 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 43 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.

Maligana Last Name Statistics demography

Maligana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.56% less than the national average, earning R 119,856 per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Maligana
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