Zaliwe Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Zaliwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zaliwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Zaliwe (782) may also be a first name.

Zaliwe Last Name Facts

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

Zaliwe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zaliwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zaliwe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Zaliwe is also the 293,371st most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 782 people.

The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 7,924,961. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 50 percent live and Luapula Province, where 50 percent live. Apart from Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saliwe83431/
Zaliwa83192/
Zalibe8321/
Zalewe831/
Zalawe831/
Zoliwe831/
Zalive831/
Zalieva77244/
Saliwey778/
Saeliwe773/
Zaliver773/
Zaluwhe771/
Jaliw731/
Zaliyeva71574/
Zhalieva71477/
Rzalieva7121/
Zaylieva712/
Dzalieva712/
Zialieva712/
Tshaliwe711/
Zaalieva711/
Zalewa67627/
Caliwa67411/
Salewe67204/
Salive67181/
Dzhalieva67124/
Zelewe6796/
Zaliva6763/
Zalebi6735/
Zalibi6725/
Jalawe6721/
Zhaylieva6718/
Saluwe6716/
Saliwi6713/
Zhaulieva6712/
Soliwe679/
Zhaliyeva674/
Calive673/
Joliwe673/
Zallew672/
Zhaalieva671/
Zhailieva671/
Zailiyeva671/
Zalave671/
Zoliwa671/
Calewe671/

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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 Zaliwe
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