Mazambala Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mazambala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mazambala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Uganda301:1,301,30950,636
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mazambala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mazambala is found most frequently in Malawi. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mazambala.

How Common Is The Last Name Mazambala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,343,156th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name Mazambala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mazambala reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Mazambala
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