Malele Surname
Approximately 18,014 people bear this surname
Malele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8,645 | 1:6,267 | 803 |
| DR Congo | 2,839 | 1:26,023 | 3,271 |
| Tanzania | 2,455 | 1:21,565 | 2,681 |
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Zambia | 679 | 1:23,343 | 2,503 |
| Botswana | 651 | 1:3,359 | 451 |
| Kenya | 594 | 1:77,744 | 7,233 |
| Uganda | 256 | 1:152,497 | 13,471 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Cameroon | 220 | 1:94,405 | 11,260 |
| Congo | 125 | 1:39,913 | 3,755 |
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| Bolivia | 102 | 1:104,083 | 4,003 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| Solomon Islands | 50 | 1:11,601 | 2,083 |
| Senegal | 37 | 1:394,036 | 1,909 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| American Samoa | 19 | 1:2,935 | 631 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Maléle (1) & Malélé (1) are calculated separately.
Malele (3,548) may also be a first name.
Malele Demographics
Average Malele Salary in
United States
$54,485 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Malele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malele is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Maléle or Malélé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 29,711th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 404,549 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Malele reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 118,976th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,548 people.
The last name Malele is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 8,645 people, or 1 in 6,267. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Mpumalanga, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and Limpopo, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 46 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.
Malele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Malele last name is predominantly Muslim (75%) in Kenya.
The amount Malele earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 28.39% less than the national average, earning R 170,184 per year and in United States they earn 26.27% more than the national average, earning $54,485 USD per year.
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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 Malele
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