Malahlela Surname

114,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Malahlela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malahlela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,0311:13,4401,688
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Malahlela (244) may also be a first name.

Malahlela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malahlela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malahlela? popularity and diffusion

Malahlela is the 114,301st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,801,618 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malahlela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Malahlela is also the 571,890th most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 244 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,031 people, or 1 in 13,440. In South Africa Malahlela is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 52 percent live, Gauteng, where 39 percent live and North West, where 3 percent live. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Malahlela Last Name Statistics demography

Malahlela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.2% less than the national average, earning R 163,500 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 Malahlela
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