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

Maligana is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maligana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Maligana is the 248,111th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,549,030 people. Maligana occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Maligana live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 353,173rd most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 565 people.

This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 849 people, or 1 in 62,358. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 78 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 9 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 43 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

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
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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 Maligana
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