Muallimawa sun samu sunansu ne daga kalmar larabci ta Muallim da ta ke nufin Malami. Muallimawa suna da asali daga Awliya Banu Gha Madinawa zuriar Imam Ghali (Malam Gha) ta wajen mahaifin Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila da a ke kira Malam Aliyu-Talle Sumaila (Sheikh Aliyu Maiduniya) wanda ya fito daga gidan Waliyi Abdurrahim-Maiduniya,kuma suna da dangantaka ta jini da Jobawa ta wajen mahaifiyar Sheikh Aliyu Maiduniya da a ke kira Maryam Inuwa Chango bafulatanar Chango ta wajen Mahaifinta, kuma bafulatanar Jobawa ta wajen mahaifiyarta da a ke cewa Binta wacce ta fito daga gidan Sarkin Sumaila Akilu wanda ya ke zuri'ar Makaman Kano Iliyasu ne da Makaman Kano Isa na daya suna da dangantaka da Fulani Torankawa ta wajen Hajiya Saude Abdullahi-Aliyu wadda ta ke daga Gidan Sarkin Fulani Abdullahi jikan Sarkin Wudil Bello wanda asalinsa bafullatani ne na kabilar Torankawa Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu "Hausa in Ghana". Sumaila, Ahmed (2018). The History of Abdullahwa Dynasty. Sauda Voyager. Bashir, Ali (2000). Kano Malams in the Ninteenth Century. River Front Press. Hassan, Mohammed (2018).