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
The last name Malekena is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malekena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Malekena occurs mostly 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. It is also the 968,397th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 96 people.
The last name Malekena is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Outside of The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 18 percent reside.
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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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