Maleshetla Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Maleshetla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maleshetla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho581:35,0446,291
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449

Maleshetla Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maleshetla is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maleshetla? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. Maleshetla is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maleshetla reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 35,044. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Berea District, where 62 percent reside, Leribe District, where 24 percent reside and Maseru District, where 14 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 23 percent reside.

Maleshetla Last Name Statistics demography

Maleshetla earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.86% less than the national average, earning R 40,740 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 Maleshetla
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