Mahleu Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Mahleu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 22 | 1:92,389 | 10,629 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mahleu (35) may also be a first name.
Mahleu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahleu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahleu is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahleu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Mahleu occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mahleu are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mahleu is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 92,389. In Lesotho Mahleu is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 50 percent reside, Leribe District, where 45 percent reside and Berea District, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 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 Mahleu
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