Malindisa Surname

187,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Malindisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malindisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8881:28,6963,694
Tanzania2381:222,44418,495
Swaziland1261:10,303513
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Malindisa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malindisa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malindisa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 187,404th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,228,864 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malindisa reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Malindisa is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,888 people, or 1 in 28,696. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Mpumalanga, where 58 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 11 percent live and Swaziland, where 6 percent live.

Malindisa Last Name Statistics demography

Malindisa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.69% less than the national average, earning R 117,180 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malindisi8924/
Malindiso898/
Malendisa898/
Malindise897/
Malindiza891/
Malindize787/
Malendesa781/
Malindizi781/
Molindiso781/
Malendeja673,371/
Melendeza562/

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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 Malindisa
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