Malimbwe Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Malimbwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Namibia | 30 | 1:80,313 | 7,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Malimbwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malimbwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malimbwe is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Malimbwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malimbwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malimbwe is the 1,434,893rd most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name Malimbwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malimbwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 20 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Malimbwe
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