Malegase Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Malegase Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malegase Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Botswana171:128,64318,229

Malegase (240) may also be a first name.

Malegase Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malegase is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Malegase click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malegase? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,121,169th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malegase reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 577,234th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 240 people.

The last name Malegase is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 873,834. In South Africa Malegase is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 56 percent live, North West, where 34 percent live and Western Cape, where 6 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 22 percent live.

Malegase Last Name Statistics demography

Malegase earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.34% less than the national average, earning R 115,632 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mmalegase9411/
Malegasse944/
Malegas934/
Mallegas88127/
Malagase8861/
Malegese882/
Malegasi881/
Malegasa881/
Malegasha821/
Malagaase821/
Maligas80145/
Malegos801/
Mollegas75361/
Malagasi75178/
Malagese7555/
Malagasy7527/
Maligasi757/
Maliggas751/
Malagaze751/
Mallegos751/
Malaggese71100/
Melegassi7115/
Malagaasi7112/
Malagesse719/
Mallagasi714/
Malegessi711/
Maligasay711/
Malaggasi711/
Malagashi711/
Maligos6735/

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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 Malegase
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