Malekia Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Malekia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 175 | 1:302,524 | 23,291 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Malekia (152) may also be a first name.
Malekia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malekia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malekia is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malekia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,088,856th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Malekia reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most frequent first name on earth, held by 152 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 302,524. In Tanzania Malekia is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 55 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 32 percent live and Arusha Region, where 5 percent live. Other than Tanzania it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malekiha | 93 | 6 | / |
| Malekiah | 93 | 3 | / |
| Maleikia | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maleckia | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malekiass | 88 | 1 | / |
| Malakia | 86 | 1,747 | / |
| Malikia | 86 | 125 | / |
| Molekia | 86 | 21 | / |
| Malekya | 86 | 10 | / |
| Melekia | 86 | 7 | / |
| Malokia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Malekio | 86 | 1 | / |
| Malakiah | 80 | 55 | / |
| Malakhia | 80 | 12 | / |
| Malakiea | 80 | 11 | / |
| Malikiah | 80 | 10 | / |
| Malekjah | 80 | 5 | / |
| Malechia | 80 | 3 | / |
| Malequia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maelakia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malekyas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malekyha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melekhia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malaikia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mallikiah | 75 | 3 | / |
| Malekehad | 75 | 2 | / |
| Moslehkia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malequias | 75 | 1 | / |
| Molikia | 71 | 42 | / |
| Malekajhah | 71 | 37 | / |
| Malikio | 71 | 22 | / |
| Melekio | 71 | 16 | / |
| Malikya | 71 | 9 | / |
| Melikia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Malekajhai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Melakia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Malaqia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Malokya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Molokia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Molakia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maliqya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Molokhia | 67 | 965 | / |
| Melaikia | 67 | 786 | / |
| Malaquia | 67 | 632 | / |
| Malikhya | 67 | 33 | / |
| Maleekeo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Malekaajhah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Malichia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maliquia | 67 | 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
- 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 Malekia
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