Malealea Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Malealea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 53 | 1:38,350 | 6,671 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Malealea (25) may also be a first name.
Malealea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malealea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malealea is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Malealea.
How Common Is The Last Name Malealea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Malealea occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malealea live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 25 people.
It is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 38,350. In Lesotho Malealea is primarily found in: Maseru District, where 42 percent live, Berea District, where 32 percent live and Mafeteng District, where 26 percent live. Aside from Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent live and The Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Malealea
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