Malapela Surname

163,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Malapela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malapela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,2391:24,1973,076
Botswana2871:7,6201,342
Zimbabwe1161:133,08817,509
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
England31:18,572,686338,250
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Malapela (211) may also be a first name.

Malapela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malapela is found most in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malapela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 163,117th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,735,565 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Malapela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 622,565th most common first name globally It is held by 211 people.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,239 people, or 1 in 24,197. In South Africa Malapela is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 53 percent reside, Gauteng, where 33 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 11 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.

Malapela Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malapela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 41.98% less than the national average, earning R 137,868 per year and in Canada they earn 52.17% less than the national average, earning $23,763 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
  • 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 Malapela
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