Malilani Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Namibia

Malilani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malilani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Malilani Last Name Facts

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

Malilani is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malilani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Malilani is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malilani are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,543,824. In Zimbabwe Malilani is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 90 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malilana8841/
Malilane8810/
Malitlane821/
Matlailane781/
Malelane753/
Malelana751/
Molilane751/
Moulelani711/
Matleelane6722/
Meililiana678/
Mahalelaine632/
Moletlane594/

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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 Malilani
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