Zalamba Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Zalamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zalamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Zalamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zalamba is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zalamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zalamba are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Zalamba is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. Excluding South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent reside and Uganda, where 23 percent reside.

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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 Zalamba
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