Malefa Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Malefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Malefa (2,385) may also be a first name.
Malefa Demographics
Average Malefa Salary in
South Africa
R 98,940
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Malefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malefa (Marathi: मलेफा) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Malefa.
How Common Is The Last Name Malefa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Malefa are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Malefa is also the 152,025th most common first name in the world, held by 2,385 people.
It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 1,354,443. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 73 percent reside, Limpopo, where 23 percent reside and Free State, where 3 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Malefa Last Name Statistics demography
Malefa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.37% less than the national average, earning R 98,940 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malefa in the Marathi language | ||
| मलेफा | malepha | - |
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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 Malefa
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