Malekani Surname

132,982nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Malekani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malekani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,6831:9,4181,110
DR Congo8141:90,76110,309
Iran4891:157,01913,630
Tanzania3161:167,53714,797
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
India171:45,121,493474,784
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Sweden101:984,67673,605
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Malekani (455) may also be a first name.

Malekani Last Name Facts

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

Malekani (Marathi: मलेकानी) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Malekani.

How Common Is The Last Name Malekani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 132,982nd most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,148,451 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Malekani are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 400,634th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 455 people.

Malekani is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,683 people, or 1 in 9,418. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent reside and Northern Province, where 20 percent reside. Other than Zambia it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Iran, where 14 percent reside.

Malekani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Malekani surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Malekani earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 41.81% more than the national average, earning $61,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.32% less than the national average, earning $38,594 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malekani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malekani in the Marathi language
मलेकानीmalekani40
मलेकाणीmalekani40
मलेकािनmalekaina20

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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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  • 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 Malekani
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