Malungana Surname

238,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Malungana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malungana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,5571:34,7964,458
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Malungana Last Name Facts

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

Malungana has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malungana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 238,706th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,340,409 people. The surname Malungana is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Malungana live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Malungana is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,557 people, or 1 in 34,796. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 73 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Malungana Last Name Statistics demography

Malungana earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.16% less than the national average, earning R 177,852 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 Malungana
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