Malefetse Surname

684,148th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 434 people bear this surname

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

Malefetse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malefetse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4191:129,30215,146
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
England31:18,572,686338,250
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malefetse Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malefetse is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malefetse? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malefetse is the 684,148th most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Malefetse reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 419 people, or 1 in 129,302. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 77 percent live, North West, where 18 percent live and Limpopo, where 2 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Malefetse Last Name Statistics demography

Malefetse earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.66% more than the national average, earning R 258,228 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 Malefetse
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