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

Malapela is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malapela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 163,117th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,735,565 people. The last name Malapela is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Malapela are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Malapela is also the 622,565th most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 211 people.

Malapela is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,239 people, or 1 in 24,197. In South Africa Malapela is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 53 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 11 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.

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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