Malefe Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Malefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 105 | 1:19,358 | 4,061 |
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Malefe (86) may also be a first name.
Malefe Demographics
Average Malefe Salary in
South Africa
R 72,672
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Malefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malefe is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malefe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Malefe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malefe live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 86 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 19,358. In Lesotho Malefe is most frequent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 74 percent live, Berea District, where 13 percent live and Maseru District, where 10 percent live. Not including Lesotho this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Malefe Last Name Statistics demography
Malefe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.42% less than the national average, earning R 72,672 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 Malefe
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