Maliwa Surname
Approximately 9,815 people bear this surname
Maliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5,158 | 1:10,504 | 1,307 |
| Malawi | 1,673 | 1:10,233 | 1,583 |
| Zambia | 1,346 | 1:11,776 | 1,366 |
| Tanzania | 1,210 | 1:43,753 | 4,979 |
| Zimbabwe | 126 | 1:122,526 | 16,470 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Taiwan | 28 | 1:837,312 | 5,934 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Maliwa (1,915) may also be a first name.
Maliwa Demographics
Average Maliwa Salary in
South Africa
R 148,368
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Maliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maliwa is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maliwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 52,183rd most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 742,491 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maliwa live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maliwa is also the 173,572nd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 1,915 people.
The last name Maliwa is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 5,158 people, or 1 in 10,504. In South Africa Maliwa is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent are found, Western Cape, where 13 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa Maliwa occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 17 percent are found and Zambia, where 14 percent are found.
Maliwa Last Name Statistics demography
Maliwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.57% less than the national average, earning R 148,368 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 Maliwa
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