Malebela Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Malebela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malebela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Malebela (20) may also be a first name.

Malebela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malebela occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malebela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malebela live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name Malebela is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 100 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.

Malebela Last Name Statistics demography

Malebela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.4% less than the national average, earning R 60,840 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 Malebela
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