Malefye Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

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

Malefye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malefye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa941:576,35944,560

Malefye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malefye occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Malefye.

How Common Is The Last Name Malefye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malefye live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 576,359. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 86 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Limpopo, where 1 percent live.

Malefye Last Name Statistics demography

Malefye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.09% less than the national average, earning R 97,224 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 Malefye
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