Maalah Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Maalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 325 | 1:107,759 | 3,160 |
| Palestine | 55 | 1:82,706 | 6,409 |
| Syria | 37 | 1:521,649 | 5,346 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maalah occurs in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maalah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 685,266th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name Maalah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Maalah are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Levant.
Maalah is most prevalent in Iraq, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 107,759. Without taking into account Iraq this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 13 percent live and Syria, where 9 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 Maalah
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