Malefane Surname

67,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Malefane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malefane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,3061:12,5821,564
Lesotho2,9971:67832
Botswana501:43,7398,388
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Malefane (4,604) may also be a first name.

Malefane Last Name Facts

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

Malefane is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malefane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 67,554th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 989,349 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malefane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Malefane is also the 101,156th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 4,604 people.

The surname Malefane is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,306 people, or 1 in 12,582. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 38 percent reside, Gauteng, where 31 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 41 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Malefane Last Name Statistics demography

Malefane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.61% less than the national average, earning R 155,388 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
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  • 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 Malefane
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