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 in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Zalimba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalimba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 181,102nd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,099,764 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zalimba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Zalimba is also the 456,229th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 364 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 2,196 people, or 1 in 7,796. Beside Malawi this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 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
- 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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