Mmalei Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Mmalei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mmalei (7) may also be a first name.
Mmalei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mmalei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mmalei is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mmalei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mmalei live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 7 people.
This surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 1,016,279. In Lesotho Mmalei is primarily found in: Butha-Buthe District, where 50 percent live and Qacha's Nek District, where 50 percent live. Apart from Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live.
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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 Mmalei
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