Mlamba Surname

150,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,919 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mlamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,7781:9,6281,495
Tanzania5971:88,6798,968
Kenya4741:97,4268,587
Zimbabwe421:367,57734,250
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mlamba (24) may also be a first name.

Mlamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mlamba has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlamba? popularity and diffusion

Mlamba is the 150,965th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,496,590 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlamba live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mlamba is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 24 people.

It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 1,778 people, or 1 in 9,628. Aside from Malawi Mlamba occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 20 percent live and Kenya, where 16 percent live.

Mlamba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Muslim (80%) in Kenya.

Mlamba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.1% less than the national average, earning R 175,620 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhlamba9233/
Mlambah921/
Mlamboa921/
Mlambo8373,638/
Mlomba831,484/
Mlemba83813/
Mlambi83806/
Mlambe83347/
Mlamwa83138/
Mhlambi774,678/
Mhlambe77418/
Mhlambo77315/
M'Lambo7724/
Mliambo773/
Mlyambo773/
Mlamboi772/
Mlambho772/
Mllambo771/
Mmlambe771/
Mlambou771/
Millambo7178/
Mliambee7111/
Mhlambhi715/
Mellambi715/
Mlambouj711/
Mellamby711/
Mlyambee711/
Mlombo672,907/
Mlombi67464/
Mlombe67349/
Mlembo6721/
Mlanbo672/

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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 Mlamba
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