Malife Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Malife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1071:506,33441,014
Nigeria1031:1,719,83363,088
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Malife (37) may also be a first name.

Malife Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malife is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malife? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,061,269th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. Malife is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Malife live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Malife is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 37 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 506,334. In South Africa Malife is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 50 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 40 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 44 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

Malife Last Name Statistics demography

Malife earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.38% less than the national average, earning R 139,308 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malifer9259/
Maliffe929/
Malif9167/
Mealiffe8684/
Mauliffe862/
Mealifer861/
Maliefeh861/
Molife831,496/
Maliev83829/
Malifa83638/
Malifi83193/
Malefe83189/
Maliff83134/
Malafe8357/
Matlif8331/
Maalif8319/
Malufe8316/
Maslif839/
Melife839/
Mallif837/
Malaif833/
Maulif832/
Maylif830/
Meauliffe801/
Malafey77280/
Malafei77183/
Mayliev77113/
Mealiff77105/
Molifie7754/
Mauliev7740/
Malliff7734/
Malliev7724/
Malaifa779/
Maailif779/
Magliev778/
Moloife778/
Maalifi777/
Maluffe777/
Mahliev776/
Molifer775/
Maulifa773/
Malefet773/
Maaliev772/
Mailiev772/
Mathlif772/
Malafee772/
Moliffe772/
Mahalif771/
Malaffe771/
Maalifa771/
Maulefe771/
Malayfe771/
Malishf771/
Moleife771/
Moliefe771/
Malefeu771/
Mahlafe771/
Molifhe771/
Malliew771/
Mailiff770/
Mayliff770/
Malib734,920/
Malev731,820/
Maleb73526/
Maliv73435/
Malef7329/
Malew7310/
Molif733/
Maliw733/
Malyf731/
Mallefet7111/
Mahaliev712/
Malaiifi712/
Malaffey711/
Maliyafi711/
Maloufet711/
Malefiea711/
Mahalefe711/
Moliefie711/
Molefe6797,934/
Maleev676,862/
Maleva671,999/
Molifi671,770/
Maillefer67701/
Maaliw67682/
Mailef67247/
Maslev67210/
Malaiphet67161/
Maileb67110/
Molifa6771/
Malefi6764/
Malefa6758/
Malufi6757/
Mahlev6728/
Moliff6719/
Malibh6714/
Maleew6712/
Maillefet6712/
Motlif6710/
Molafe6710/
Maliph679/
Melefe678/
Maylew676/
Maliov675/
Moliev674/
Mauliv674/
Malaib674/
Maleab674/
Maleef673/
Mailev673/
Mallev673/
Maylev672/
Moliew672/
Malhew672/
Matlev672/
Matlef671/
Maleiv671/
Malyfz671/
Maleib671/
Malews671/
Malesv671/
Maleph671/
Mailiv671/
Mahlib671/
Malhiw671/
Maleuf671/
Malevs671/
Mallib671/
Maliow671/
Maliwt671/
Moulif671/
Maylef671/
Mahlef671/
Malihv671/
Malhib671/
Malufy671/
Mailew670/
Mallew670/
Maslew670/
Mealiv670/

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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 Malife
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