Malemya Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Malemya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Malemya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Malemya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malemya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Malemya is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malemya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 970,883rd most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malemya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Malemya is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Not including Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malemia865,520/
Malamya861/
Malemiah8036/
Mallamya801/
Mallemia801/
Malemajja751/
Malamia71293/
Molemia7141/
Malimia715/
Malamja711/
Malimea711/
Mallamia6731/
Maalomia674/
Mallamja671/
Moslemia671/
Maullamaiya671/
Malamjo5732/
Malimio571/
Malamijo531/
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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 Malemya
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