Malekela Surname
Approximately 12,604 people bear this surname
Malekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12,498 | 1:4,236 | 586 |
| South Africa | 64 | 1:846,527 | 56,162 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Malekela (200) may also be a first name.
Malekela Demographics
Average Malekela Salary in
South Africa
R 268,560
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Malekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malekela occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Malekela.
How Common Is The Last Name Malekela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 41,424th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 578,193 people. Malekela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malekela are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Malekela is also the 640,739th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 200 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 12,498 people, or 1 in 4,236. In Tanzania Malekela is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 21 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 14 percent live and Iringa Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Malekela Last Name Statistics demography
Malekela earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.01% more than the national average, earning R 268,560 per year.
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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 Malekela
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