Malakoane Surname

138,854th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Malakoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malakoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,0181:17,9522,256
Lesotho1921:10,5862,402
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Malakoane (22) may also be a first name.

Malakoane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malakoane is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malakoane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 138,854th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,262,510 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malakoane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Malakoane is also the 2,301,746th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,018 people, or 1 in 17,952. In South Africa Malakoane is most numerous in: Free State, where 58 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Malakoane Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malakoane earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.93% less than the national average, earning R 118,992 per year and in Canada they earn 27.35% more than the national average, earning $63,272 CAD 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
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  • 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 Malakoane
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