Malukwa Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Malukwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 172 | 1:92,151 | 7,541 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Malukwa (14) may also be a first name.
Malukwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malukwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malukwa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malukwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,082,743rd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malukwa live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
The surname Malukwa is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 92,151. In Zambia Malukwa is most common in: Central Province, where 42 percent reside, Southern Province, where 33 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 23 percent reside. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malikwa | 86 | 214 | / |
| Malukwe | 86 | 99 | / |
| Malokwa | 86 | 47 | / |
| Malugwa | 86 | 11 | / |
| Malukua | 86 | 3 | / |
| Melukwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Molunkwa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Malunkwi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Maligkwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mahlungwa | 75 | 36 | / |
| Malhungwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malugwaja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maligwa | 71 | 154 | / |
| Malokwe | 71 | 83 | / |
| Maliqua | 71 | 59 | / |
| Molokwa | 71 | 45 | / |
| Malogwa | 71 | 37 | / |
| Malugwe | 71 | 36 | / |
| Melikwa | 71 | 19 | / |
| Maluqua | 71 | 6 | / |
| Maligua | 71 | 5 | / |
| Maluqwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Malikua | 71 | 3 | / |
| Molikwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Malokua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Molukwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malungua | 67 | 21 | / |
| Maligway | 67 | 19 | / |
| Maliguay | 67 | 17 | / |
| Molungwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Molukuoa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Malikuha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Malokwue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Malukwa
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