Zalinga Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Zalinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Zalinga (11) may also be a first name.
Zalinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zalinga is most common in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalinga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zalinga is the 868,551st most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname Zalinga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zalinga reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Zalinga is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
The last name Zalinga is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 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 Zalinga
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