Last name ملاله (Malala 
, ملاله 
) , all over the world, is a common family name. The last name ملاله is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Madagascar, where it is quite a rare surname, Botswana, and Kenya. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Madagascar. Likewise, ملاله is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Malala | South Africa, Kenya, Philippines, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| ملاله | Iran |
| مېرمن ملاله national folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local Pashtun fighters against the British troops, AF (b. 1861) |
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