Malimba Surname

101,276th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,660 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Gabon

Malimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8161:66,3948,316
Zambia7601:20,8552,292
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
DR Congo7521:98,24411,070
Peru6681:47,5814,137
Tanzania4181:126,65511,911
Gabon2021:9,3521,744
Uganda1771:220,56117,152
Zimbabwe441:350,86933,247
Namibia261:92,6698,353
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Congo61:831,51616,072
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Malimba (265) may also be a first name.

Malimba Last Name Facts

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

Malimba (Marathi: मळीबा, Oriya: ମାଲି) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Malimba.

How Common Is The Last Name Malimba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Malimba is the 101,276th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,563,851 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Malimba are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Malimba is also the 546,451st most numerous given name internationally It is held by 265 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 816 people, or 1 in 66,394. In South Africa Malimba is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 16 percent reside and Malawi, where 16 percent reside.

Malimba Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malimba earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 7.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,768 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.98% less than the national average, earning R 221,052 per year and in United States they earn 75.14% less than the national average, earning $10,725 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malimba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malimba in the Oriya language
ମାଲିmali-
Malimba in the Marathi language
मळीबाmaliba-

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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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  • 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 Malimba
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