Maligisa Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Maligisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maligisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1481:357,71426,551
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080

Maligisa (21) may also be a first name.

Maligisa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maligisa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Maligisa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maligisa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,428,594th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Maligisa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 21 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 357,714. In Tanzania Maligisa is primarily found in: Shinyanga Region, where 88 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Maligisa
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