Malete Surname
Approximately 11,525 people bear this surname
Malete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10,125 | 1:5,351 | 673 |
| Botswana | 370 | 1:5,911 | 961 |
| Lesotho | 220 | 1:9,239 | 2,092 |
| Zambia | 211 | 1:75,118 | 6,452 |
| India | 143 | 1:5,364,094 | 131,111 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Kenya | 98 | 1:471,223 | 24,622 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Malete (1,225) may also be a first name.
Malete Demographics
Average Malete Salary in
South Africa
R 151,584
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Malete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malete (Marathi: मालेते) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malete? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,039th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 632,325 people. The surname Malete is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Malete reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 226,075th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,225 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 10,125 people, or 1 in 5,351. In South Africa Malete is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 40 percent live, Limpopo, where 31 percent live and North West, where 12 percent live. Outside of South Africa Malete occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 3 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.
Malete Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Malete surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Malete earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.21% less than the national average, earning R 151,584 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malete Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malete in the Marathi language | ||
| मालेते | malete | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Malete
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis