Malekjee Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Malekjee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malekjee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
India51:153,413,076951,030

Malekjee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malekjee Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Malekjee (Marathi: मालेकजी) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malekjee? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Malekjee reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Malekjee is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 71 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 29 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 26 percent live.

Malekjee Last Name Statistics demography

Malekjee earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 119.94% more than the national average, earning R 522,660 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malekie80106/
Malekji8017/
Malekze802/
Malekse802/
Malekye801/
Maleckyj7525/
Maleakge751/
Maleckie751/
Malekajhi7124/
Malekiyeh7111/
Melekie671,458/
Maleksi67376/
Malakji678/
Malikji677/
Malekajhai674/
Malecse671/
Maleqhe671/

Malekjee Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malekjee in the Marathi language
मालेकजीmalekaji-

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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 Malekjee
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