Numalo Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Numalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Numalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Numalo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Numalo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Numalo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Numalo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Numalo is the 2,776,799th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Numalo is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Numalo are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Numalo is most common in: Delta, where 97 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent live and Vanuatu, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhumalo929/
Ngumalo922/
Numala8350/
Numelo839/
Numolo838/
Nimalo832/
Nomalo831/
Naumala7715/
Nummala772/
Numaila771/
Ngumala771/
Numalya771/
Numalla771/
Noumala771/
Neumaleu7110/
Numailah717/
Noumoloh711/
Noumaleu711/
Numaulla711/
Nimala672,438/
Nomala67412/
Nomolo67102/
Numela676/
Nimelo671/
Numola671/

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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 Numalo
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