Malesele Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Malesele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malesele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Botswana331:66,27111,607
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Malesele (767) may also be a first name.

Malesele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malesele is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Malesele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malesele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malesele reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 296,432nd most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 767 people.

The surname Malesele is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 1,593,462. In South Africa Malesele is primarily found in: North West, where 59 percent live, Gauteng, where 38 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 46 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.

Malesele Last Name Statistics demography

Malesele earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.23% less than the national average, earning R 158,664 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
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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 Malesele
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