Malenye Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Kenya

Malenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malenye Last Name Facts

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

Malenye is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Malenye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malenye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Malenye is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Malenye live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Aside from The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

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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 Malenye
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