Malingwa Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Malingwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malingwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Malingwa Last Name Facts

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

Malingwa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malingwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Malingwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malingwa live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Malingwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Malingwa is most common in: Bulawayo Province, where 59 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 35 percent reside and Matabeleland South Province, where 6 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 18 percent reside and Tanzania, where 14 percent reside.

Malingwa Last Name Statistics demography

Malingwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.57% less than the national average, earning R 36,672 per year.

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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 Malingwa
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