Malachi Surname
Approximately 3,561 people bear this surname
Malachi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,801 | 1:98,358 | 6,713 |
| United States | 746 | 1:485,870 | 41,063 |
| Moldova | 400 | 1:8,903 | 1,485 |
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| Israel | 94 | 1:91,039 | 10,708 |
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Marshall Islands | 40 | 1:1,296 | 334 |
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88 | 1:570,667 | 38,849 |
Malachi (10,093) may also be a first name.
Malachi Demographics
Average Male Malachi Height
175.52 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Malachi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malachi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malachi (Arabic: ملاشي, Bengali: মালচী, Hindi: मलाकी, Marathi: माळची, Oriya: ମାଳଚୀ, Tibetan: མ་ལ་ཆི་) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malachi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 127,409th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,046,489 people. The last name Malachi is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Malachi reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Malachi is also the 60,847th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 10,093 people.
The surname Malachi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,801 people, or 1 in 98,358. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 12 percent live, Kogi, where 11 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and Moldova, where 11 percent live.
Malachi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Malachi has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Malachi last name expanded 848 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 413 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Malachi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Malachi are 20.16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.39% registered with the party.
The amount Malachi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.94% less than the national average, earning R 61,920 per year and in United States they earn 17.62% less than the national average, earning $35,544 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malachi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malachi in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་ལ་ཆི་ | malachi | - |
| Malachi in the Bengali language | ||
| মালচী | malaci | - |
| Malachi in the Marathi language | ||
| माळची | malaci | 73.94 |
| मालची | malaci | 20.74 |
| मलाकी | malaki | 2.66 |
| मलाची | malaci | 1.06 |
| माळीच | malica | 1.06 |
| मालाची | malaci | 0.53 |
| Malachi in the Hindi language | ||
| मलाकी | malaki | 60 |
| मालछी | malachi | 20 |
| मलछि | malachi | 20 |
| Malachi in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଳଚୀ | malaci | 46.15 |
| ମାଲାଚି | malaci | 23.08 |
| ମାଳଚି | malaci | 15.38 |
| ମାଲଚୀ | malaci | 7.69 |
| ମାଳଚୀତାି | malacitai | 7.69 |
| Malachi in the Arabic language | ||
| ملاشي | mlashy | - |
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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
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- 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 Malachi
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