Malege Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Malege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 114 | 1:342,450 | 22,679 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Malege (30) may also be a first name.
Malege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malege (Marathi: मंगेश) is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malege? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,214,709th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. Malege occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Malege live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 342,450. In Uganda Malege is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 28 percent reside, Kampala District, where 22 percent reside and Mubende District, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent reside and Tanzania, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malege in the Marathi language | ||
| मंगेश | mangesa | 25 |
| माळेगे | malege | 25 |
| माळगे | malage | 25 |
| मळगे | malage | 25 |
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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 Malege
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