Malutu Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zambia

Malutu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malutu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1101:481,28732,644
Zambia791:200,63213,107
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Indonesia401:3,306,230179,945
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Malutu (19) may also be a first name.

Malutu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malutu is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Malutu.

How Common Is The Last Name Malutu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Malutu is the 930,678th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name Malutu is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Malutu are found; 40 percent are found in East Africa and 40 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 19 people.

Malutu is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 96 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 28 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maluthu924/
Maluitu922/
Malutau921/
Maalutu921/
Matloutu8629/
Mahluthu8612/
Malouthu864/
Malotu8314,670/
Malitu83132/
Molutu8367/
Malietu7771/
Maalotu7736/
Mallotu7728/
Malottu7713/
Meluttu771/
Moluthu771/
Mealotu771/
Malhotu771/
Mailotu771/
Maloetu771/
Maalottu711/
Molotu6711/
Melitu671/
Malothu626,904/
Malithu6210/
Melittu623/
Malotau622/
Mollotu621/
Malitau621/
Maalothu57477/
Mallothu5745/
Mallitou574/
Malotouh571/
Malothui571/
Malothhu571/
Maallothu533/

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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 Malutu
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