Malikawa Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Malikawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malikawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1391:380,87527,601
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Malikawa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malikawa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Malikawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malikawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Malikawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Malikawa reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Malikawa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 380,875. In Tanzania Malikawa is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 89 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 6 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Tanzania Malikawa is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, 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 Malikawa
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