Namalira Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Namalira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namalira Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4971:34,4455,098
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Namalira Last Name Facts

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

Namalira is found most in Malawi. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namalira? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namalira is the 523,160th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namalira live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Namalira is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Other than Malawi Namalira occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namaliri88413/
Namaliro8815/
Namalera885/
Namalire885/
Namalyra881/
Ngomalira829/
Nammaliri821/
Namailera821/
Namaulura821/
Nnamaliri821/
Namalere7533/
Namalero7517/
Nameliro756/
Nemalluroo5627/
Nemmaluroo561/
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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 Namalira
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