Malafe Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Malafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Malafe (24) may also be a first name.
Malafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malafe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malafe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Malafe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Malafe is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 24 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 98 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
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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 Malafe
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