Malephane Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Malephane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malephane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1101:18,4783,925
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Malephane (30) may also be a first name.

Malephane Last Name Facts

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

Malephane is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malephane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,305,105th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Malephane are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most numerous first name globally It is held by 30 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 18,478. In Lesotho Malephane is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 47 percent live, Quthing District, where 26 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 16 percent live. Barring Lesotho it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 36 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Malephane Last Name Statistics demography

Malephane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.92% less than the national average, earning R 173,676 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 Malephane
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