Malegi Surname
Approximately 1,536 people bear this surname
Malegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,508 | 1:35,107 | 4,095 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Malegi (343) may also be a first name.
Malegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malegi (Hindi: मालेगी) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Malegi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malegi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malegi is the 256,621st most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,744,496 people. The surname Malegi occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Malegi are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 471,283rd most frequently used first name globally, held by 343 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,508 people, or 1 in 35,107. In Tanzania Malegi is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 87 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 7 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malegi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malegi in the Hindi language | ||
| मालेगी | malegi | - |
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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 Malegi
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