Namalele Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Namalele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namalele Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Namalele Demographics

Namalele Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Namalele Last Name Facts

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

Namalele is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Namalele.

How Common Is The Last Name Namalele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namalele is the 1,447,279th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Namalele live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Aside from Malawi Namalele exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.

Namalele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Namalele surname is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namalale8817/
Namalela885/
Nemalele882/
Nomalele882/
Namalile881/
Namalole881/
Nemalale75591/
Namalili75396/
Namalila7543/
Namolela7526/
Namalali756/
Ngamoleli7175/
Ngomolele711/
Nomalahle711/
Nemalili631,221/
Nemalali631/
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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 Namalele
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