Malifi Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Malifi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malifi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa871:622,73246,743
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Taiwan151:1,562,98310,375
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Malifi (44) may also be a first name.

Malifi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malifi is found most frequently in South Africa. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malifi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,214,709th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Malifi live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Malifi is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 44 people.

The last name Malifi is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 622,732. In South Africa Malifi is mostly found in: North West, where 79 percent are found, Free State, where 7 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 25 percent are found and Iraq, where 13 percent are found.

Malifi Last Name Statistics demography

Malifi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.36% less than the national average, earning R 103,704 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maalifi927/
Molifi831,770/
Malifa83638/
Malife83235/
Malefi8364/
Malufi8357/
Meliffi77200/
Malifer7759/
Molifie7754/
Mahlufi7741/
Maelufi7725/
Maulufi7717/
Maluffi7713/
Moliffi7712/
Malaifa779/
Maliffe779/
Moloifi775/
Molifhi774/
Maliphi773/
Maulifa773/
Moliefi771/
Mollifi771/
Malufii771/
Maalifa771/
Maleufi771/
Mealiffe7184/
Mgaliphi714/
Mauliffe712/
Moliefie711/
Malefiea711/
Maliphai711/
Maliefeh711/
Moilifit711/
Mealifer711/
Molefi6717,369/
Molife671,496/
Malefe67189/
Molifa6771/
Malefa6758/
Malufe6716/
Malaiphit679/
Melife679/
Malufy671/
Meauliffe671/
Malaiphai671/

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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 Malifi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis