Malewa Surname
Approximately 4,427 people bear this surname
Malewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,772 | 1:29,877 | 3,565 |
| Indonesia | 807 | 1:163,878 | 15,946 |
| Malawi | 549 | 1:31,182 | 4,677 |
| South Africa | 509 | 1:106,439 | 12,833 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Uganda | 257 | 1:151,904 | 13,435 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Lesotho | 70 | 1:29,037 | 5,566 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Malewa (886) may also be a first name.
Malewa Demographics
Average Malewa Salary in
South Africa
R 137,292
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Malewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malewa is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 105,713th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,646,159 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Malewa are found; 46 percent are found in East Africa and 46 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Malewa is also the 273,104th most common first name on earth, held by 886 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,772 people, or 1 in 29,877. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 38 percent live, Tabora Region, where 18 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live. Beside Tanzania Malewa occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Malawi, where 12 percent live.
Malewa Last Name Statistics demography
Malewa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.23% less than the national average, earning R 137,292 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 Malewa
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