Maleko Surname
Approximately 6,584 people bear this surname
Maleko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,427 | 1:11,959 | 1,555 |
| DR Congo | 1,122 | 1:65,846 | 7,761 |
| South Africa | 347 | 1:156,132 | 17,639 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Botswana | 88 | 1:24,851 | 5,011 |
| Russia | 78 | 1:1,847,731 | 118,322 |
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Lesotho | 33 | 1:61,593 | 8,794 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Maleko (822) may also be a first name.
Maleko Demographics
Average Maleko Salary in
United States
$31,075 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Maleko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maleko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maleko (Russian: Малеко) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maleko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 74,656th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,106,857 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Maleko reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 285,014th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 822 people.
Maleko is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,427 people, or 1 in 11,959. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 25 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 30 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
Maleko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Maleko last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Maleko earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 67.23% less than the national average, earning R 77,880 per year and in United States they earn 27.98% less than the national average, earning $31,075 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maleko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maleko in the Russian language | ||
| Малеко | maleko | - |
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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 Maleko
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