Malefse Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Malefse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malefse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966

Malefse Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malefse occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Malefse.

How Common Is The Last Name Malefse? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malefse is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Malefse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malefse live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Malefse is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Malefse is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live.

Malefse Last Name Statistics demography

Malefse earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.84% less than the national average, earning R 83,544 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malefsa861/
Malevs771/
Malebs771/
Malews771/
Malivse712/
Mallews712/
Molefsy710/
Malhews710/
Malewshi671/
Mattlews671/
Malevschi632/
Matthlews631/
Molevs621/
Malyfz621/
Maleavschi596/
Malaevschi592/
Maliwsa571/
Malowze571/
Mahlibs571/
Melevschi503/
Molevshiy501/

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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 Malefse
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