Namalinga Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Namalinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namalinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia441:360,22618,771
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Tanzania181:2,941,20149,497
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Namalinga (42) may also be a first name.

Namalinga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namalinga is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Namalinga.

How Common Is The Last Name Namalinga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,817,111th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name Namalinga is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Namalinga are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 42 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 360,226. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 61 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent live and Southern Province, where 9 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namailinga9552/
Namalina9411/
Namalenga89592/
Namalingo894/
Namalga881/
Namaliongo844/
Namalino827/
Namalena821/
Namalengo7849/
Namalenge785/
Nomalinge782/
Ngamalenge741/
Namolngo7147/
Nomalenge6771/
Nemolenga671/
Notmolina671/
Nomaleno590/

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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 Namalinga
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