Maliseli Surname

436,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Maliseli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maliseli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7191:73,6327,672
Zambia661:240,15014,690
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Maliseli (216) may also be a first name.

Maliseli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maliseli is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maliseli? popularity and diffusion

Maliseli is the 436,213th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 9,259,906 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maliseli live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Maliseli is also the 614,549th most numerous first name globally It is held by 216 people.

This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 719 people, or 1 in 73,632. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 45 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 22 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 16 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 8 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Maliseli
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