Malimbe Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Malimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1551:341,55925,363
Kenya1271:363,62121,126
Uganda561:697,13035,026
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Malimbe (33) may also be a first name.

Malimbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malimbe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malimbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 757,040th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 19,279,222 people. The surname Malimbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Malimbe reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 33 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 341,559. In Tanzania Malimbe is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 94 percent are found, Geita Region, where 3 percent are found and Mara Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 34 percent are found and Uganda, where 15 percent are found.

Malimbe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maliombe9310/
Malimbee932/
Mahlimbe931/
Mallimbe931/
Maliembe931/
Malembe8611,830/
Malimba864,660/
Malumbe863,532/
Malimwe86863/
Malimbi8648/
Molimbe8612/
Malinbe866/
Malmber861/
Malmbey860/
Malembea80657/
Mallumbe8073/
Malyombe8010/
Malimbay808/
Malimbai808/
Malinbee804/
Maglimbi803/
Mallembe803/
Mahlembe802/
Malimbhi801/
Moliembe801/
Mailembe801/
Maluembe801/
Mahlumbe801/
Malembet801/
Malmby7725/
Malmba772/
Malmbi771/
Mahalimby7526/
Mahalembe751/
Malimbaya751/
Malemba7113,388/
Melembe7112,552/
Malumbi711,213/
Malembi711,112/
Molumbe711,021/
Molembe71803/
Molimbi71112/
Molimba7176/
Malinbi7121/
Malimwa7114/
Melumbe713/
Malemwe712/
Malemve712/
Malinba711/
Malumby710/
Mhelembe67514/
Malumbay6776/
Maleamba6741/
Mailinwe674/
Melimbai674/
Molembea674/
Molimbai673/
Moulembe673/
Moulimbi671/
Malembai671/
Malinbhi671/
Malenbez671/
Malenbee671/
Maleembi671/
Malumbhi671/

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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 Malimbe
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