Maliselo Surname

267,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Maliselo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maliselo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,2321:42,9724,886
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Zambia641:247,65515,017
Zimbabwe481:321,63031,533
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England31:18,572,686338,250
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Maliselo (80) may also be a first name.

Maliselo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maliselo occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maliselo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Maliselo is the 267,807th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. Maliselo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maliselo live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Maliselo is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 80 people.

The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,232 people, or 1 in 42,972. In Tanzania Maliselo is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Maliselo exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 7 percent reside and Zambia, where 4 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Maliselo
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