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 more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mallaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mallaba is the 906,170th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Mallaba is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mallaba reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mallaba is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held given name internationally, borne by 24 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 220 people, or 1 in 240,644. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 66 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Mallaba
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