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 surname Malefula is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malefula? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 140,397th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,292,402 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malefula reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 3,163 people, or 1 in 5,412. Excluding Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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
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