Malikebu Surname

89,970th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Malikebu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malikebu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5,2541:3,258424
Zimbabwe571:270,84628,330
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malikebu (218) may also be a first name.

Malikebu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malikebu is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malikebu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 89,970th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,367,269 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malikebu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 611,412th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 218 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 5,254 people, or 1 in 3,258. Other than Malawi Malikebu is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malekebu8833/
Malikabu8815/
Malicebu884/
Malichebu8234/
Maelikabu827/
Malekabu753/
Melekebu751/
Malekabau719/
Mahlekevu719/
Maelekabu711/

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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 Malikebu
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