Zalimba Surname
Approximately 2,351 people bear this surname
Zalimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,196 | 1:7,796 | 1,159 |
| Zambia | 115 | 1:137,825 | 10,109 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Zalimba (364) may also be a first name.
Zalimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zalimba occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Zalimba.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalimba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zalimba is the 181,102nd most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,099,764 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zalimba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Zalimba is also the 456,229th most widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 364 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,196 people, or 1 in 7,796. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Zalimba
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