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
Maleko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maleko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maleko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maleko (Russian: Малеко) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maleko? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 74,656th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,106,857 people. The surname Maleko is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Maleko live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 285,014th most frequent first name globally, borne by 822 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,427 people, or 1 in 11,959. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 25 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Maleko exists in 30 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Maleko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Maleko surname 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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