Malefula Surname
Approximately 3,179 people bear this surname
Malefula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,163 | 1:5,412 | 763 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Malefula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malefula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malefula has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malefula? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malefula is the 140,397th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,292,402 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malefula are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Malefula is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 3,163 people, or 1 in 5,412. Barring Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malefule | 88 | 5 | / |
| Malifula | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mallifula | 82 | 1 | / |
| Malifulo | 75 | 8 | / |
| Molafula | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mallifulo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malifullo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melafulla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mallifullo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mallifhullo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maliphulo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Malliphulo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Melifilo | 50 | 13 | / |
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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 Malefula
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis