Malacca Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Malacca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 141 | 1:718,002 | 72,243 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Malacca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malacca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malacca occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malacca? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,267,784th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname Malacca occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Malacca are found; 88 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 76 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 718,002. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 62 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 13 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines Malacca occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 12 percent are found and Qatar, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Malacca
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