Malimbasa Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Malimbasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Malimbasa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567

Malimbasa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malimbasa is most common in Malawi. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malimbasa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 996,001st most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malimbasa live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Malimbasa is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Beside Malawi this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malimbassa951/
Malembasa89246/
Molimbasa892/
Malumbaza782/
Malumbaso781/
Malumbazo67225/
Malembeza671/
Malemboso671/
Malumbeso671/
Malumbeza671/
Malumbezo5649/
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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 Malimbasa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis