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 is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malaay is the 423,328th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Malaay live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 812 people, or 1 in 124,678. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 27 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent live and Davao Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding The Philippines Malaay exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 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 Malaay
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