Malunjwa Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Malunjwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malunjwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Malunjwa (13) may also be a first name.

Malunjwa Last Name Facts

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

Malunjwa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Malunjwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malunjwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Malunjwa is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Malunjwa reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.

Malunjwa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 735,154. In Zimbabwe Malunjwa is primarily found in: Bulawayo Province, where 95 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.

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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 Malunjwa
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