Malemia Surname
Approximately 5,520 people bear this surname
Malemia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 5,463 | 1:3,134 | 398 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Malemia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malemia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malemia is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malemia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 87,183rd most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,320,208 people. The surname Malemia occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malemia are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Malemia is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 5,463 people, or 1 in 3,134. Aside from Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malemiah | 93 | 36 | / |
| Mallemia | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malamia | 86 | 293 | / |
| Malemya | 86 | 267 | / |
| Molemia | 86 | 41 | / |
| Malimia | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mallamia | 80 | 31 | / |
| Maalomia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Moslemia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malemajja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Molimia | 71 | 21 | / |
| Malimea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malimio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malamja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Molomia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malamya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mallamya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mallamja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malamijo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maullamaiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malamjo | 57 | 32 | / |
| Melomio | 57 | 3 | / |
| Moulimio | 53 | 10 | / |
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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 Malemia
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