Malakabe Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Malakabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malakabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho951:21,3954,436
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Malakabe (18) may also be a first name.

Malakabe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malakabe occurs most in Lesotho. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malakabe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malakabe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Malakabe is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 18 people.

The last name is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 21,395. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Mokhotlong District, where 24 percent are found, Butha-Buthe District, where 22 percent are found and Quthing District, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho Malakabe is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Malakabe
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