Malekena Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Malekena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
Malekena (96) may also be a first name.
Malekena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malekena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malekena has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Malekena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malekena? popularity and diffusion
Malekena is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malekena are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Malekena is also the 968,397th most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 96 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Excluding The DR Congo Malekena is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 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 Malekena
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