Malimabe Surname

380,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 936 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Malimabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malimabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5201:104,18812,601
Lesotho4111:4,9451,003
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Malimabe (262) may also be a first name.

Malimabe Last Name Facts

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

Malimabe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malimabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 380,890th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,785,840 people. The last name Malimabe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malimabe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Malimabe is also the 549,774th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 262 people.

The surname Malimabe is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 520 people, or 1 in 104,188. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 59 percent reside, Gauteng, where 28 percent reside and North West, where 4 percent reside. Not including South Africa Malimabe exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 44 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Malimabe Last Name Statistics demography

Malimabe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.58% less than the national average, earning R 214,884 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malimabi884/
Malimawe884/
Malimaba881/
Malaimabi8282/
Maleimabi827/
Malimawa75275/
Malumabi754/
Malimavhi7164/
Melemabei7110/
Malumabay711/
Melemabea711/
Malimowich561/

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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 Malimabe
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