Malaay Surname
Approximately 818 people bear this surname
Malaay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 812 | 1:124,678 | 21,382 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Malaay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malaay occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 423,328th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. The surname Malaay occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Malaay reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 812 people, or 1 in 124,678. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Central Visayas, where 27 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent reside and Davao Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides The Philippines Malaay is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Malaay
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