Maluti Surname

271,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Maluti Surname Definition:

Maluti is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: gunpowder.

Maluti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7291:21,7422,373
Kenya3451:133,85510,969
DR Congo3011:245,44723,516
Uganda301:1,301,30950,636
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Maluti (497) may also be a first name.

Maluti Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Maluti is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: gunpowder.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Maluti Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maluti (Bengali: মালুতী, Hindi: मालुती, Marathi: मालुती, Oriya: ମାଳୁତି, Tibetan: མ་ལུ་ཀྲི་) occurs most in Zambia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maluti? popularity and diffusion

The last name Maluti is the 271,501st most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,078,429 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maluti are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 380,582nd most numerous forename internationally, borne by 497 people.

The surname Maluti is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 729 people, or 1 in 21,742. In Zambia Maluti is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 28 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent are found and Northern Province, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found.

Maluti Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Maluti Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maluti in the Tibetan language
མ་ལུ་ཀྲི་malutri-
Maluti in the Marathi language
मालुतीmaluti75
मारुतीmaruti12.5
मालूताईmaluta'i12.5
Maluti in the Oriya language
ମାଳୁତିmaluti66.67
ମାଳୁତୀmaluti33.33
Maluti in the Bengali language
মালুতীmaluti50
মালুতিmaluti50
Maluti in the Hindi language
मालुतीmaluti40
मलुटीmaluti20
मालूतीmaluti10
मालूतिmaluti10
मलूटीmaluti10
मालोतीmaloti10

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