Malekala Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Malekala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Malekala (25) may also be a first name.
Malekala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malekala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malekala is held by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malekala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Malekala is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Malekala reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 25 people.
The surname Malekala is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 356,364. In The Congo it is primarily found in: Cuvette Department, where 64 percent are found and Brazzaville Department, where 29 percent are found. Aside from The Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Malekala
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