Malekeng Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Malekeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Malekeng (29) may also be a first name.
Malekeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malekeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malekeng is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malekeng? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Malekeng is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Malekeng reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Malekeng is also the 1,951,561st most common first name globally, held by 29 people.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. Besides South Africa Malekeng is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 30 percent live and Cameroon, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallekeng | 94 | 1 | / |
| Matlekeng | 94 | 1 | / |
| Malekengue | 89 | 1 | / |
| Malakeng | 88 | 74 | / |
| Maleking | 88 | 64 | / |
| Molekeng | 88 | 17 | / |
| Melekeng | 88 | 3 | / |
| Malikeng | 88 | 1 | / |
| Malokeng | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mahlakeng | 82 | 333 | / |
| Mahlokeng | 82 | 42 | / |
| Mollekeng | 82 | 6 | / |
| Meleukeng | 82 | 2 | / |
| Maliakeng | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mahlokoeng | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mmollekeng | 78 | 1 | / |
| Molakeng | 75 | 3,131 | / |
| Molikeng | 75 | 482 | / |
| Molokeng | 75 | 181 | / |
| Malaking | 75 | 55 | / |
| Melokeng | 75 | 2 | / |
| Melakeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mohlakeng | 71 | 89 | / |
| Malikking | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mmolokeng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Malikging | 71 | 3 | / |
| Moolokeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malliking | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malocking | 71 | 0 | / |
| Malaqng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moliking | 63 | 2 | / |
| Malichenk | 59 | 1 | / |
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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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- 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 Malekeng
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