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Type Surname
Usage Dutch
Meaning & History
A variant spelling of Malefeyt. This is also actually an archaic spelling (as the sound written as -eijt will be always be written as -eit or -ijt in modern times), but it has (barely) managed to survive into modern times. In The Netherlands, it had less than 5 bearers in 2007, so this particular spelling of the surname is on the brink of extinction.