Mahleke Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Mahleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 288 | 1:7,057 | 1,524 |
| South Africa | 69 | 1:785,184 | 53,751 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
The alternate forms: Mähleke (15) are calculated separately.
Mahleke (254) may also be a first name.
Mahleke Demographics
Average Mahleke Salary in
South Africa
R 106,596
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mahleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahleke has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may also be found in the variant forms: Mähleke. Click here for other potential spellings of Mahleke.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahleke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 786,896th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahleke live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 559,024th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 254 people.
This last name is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 7,057. In Lesotho Mahleke is most numerous in: Berea District, where 56 percent are found, Maseru District, where 14 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 13 percent are found. Not including Lesotho this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Mahleke Last Name Statistics demography
Mahleke earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.14% less than the national average, earning R 106,596 per year.
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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 Mahleke
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