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 held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 105,713th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,646,159 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Malewa reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Malewa is also the 273,104th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 886 people.
The last name Malewa is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,772 people, or 1 in 29,877. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 38 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 18 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Malawi, where 12 percent reside.
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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