Malema Surname
Approximately 19,681 people bear this surname
Malema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7,236 | 1:7,487 | 951 |
| Tanzania | 6,279 | 1:8,432 | 1,108 |
| Malawi | 4,209 | 1:4,067 | 565 |
| DR Congo | 657 | 1:112,450 | 12,366 |
| Botswana | 480 | 1:4,556 | 687 |
| Zambia | 382 | 1:41,492 | 4,077 |
| Uganda | 184 | 1:212,170 | 16,663 |
| Kenya | 143 | 1:322,936 | 19,861 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Malema (866) may also be a first name.
Malema Demographics
Malema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Malema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malema (Bengali: মলেমা, Hindi: मलेमा, Marathi: मलेमा, Russian: Малема) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malema is the 27,307th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 370,283 people. The last name Malema occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malema are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 276,587th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 866 people.
The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 7,236 people, or 1 in 7,487. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 43 percent live, Gauteng, where 43 percent live and North West, where 5 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 34 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 32 percent live and Malawi, where 21 percent live.
Malema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Malema last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Malema earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 21.13% less than the national average, earning 272,953 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 29.27% less than the national average, earning R 168,072 per year and in United States they earn 17.6% less than the national average, earning $35,554 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malema in the Bengali language | ||
| মলেমা | malema | - |
| Malema in the Hindi language | ||
| मलेमा | malema | - |
| Malema in the Marathi language | ||
| मलेमा | malema | 75 |
| मालेमा | malema | 25 |
| Malema in the Russian language | ||
| Малема | malema | - |
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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 Malema
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