Mallaba Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Mallaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 220 | 1:240,644 | 19,599 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Mallaba (24) may also be a first name.
Mallaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mallaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mallaba (Marathi: मलाबा) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mallaba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 906,170th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Mallaba is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mallaba are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mallaba is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used first name internationally, held by 24 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 240,644. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 66 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mallaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mallaba in the Marathi language | ||
| मलाबा | malaba | - |
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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 Mallaba
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