Malafaia Surname
Approximately 2,925 people bear this surname
Malafaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2,536 | 1:84,414 | 3,175 |
| Portugal | 340 | 1:30,642 | 1,941 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Malafáia (1) are calculated separately.
Malafaia Demographics
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Malafaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malafaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malafaia is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Malafáia. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malafaia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malafaia is the 150,722nd most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,491,469 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Malafaia are found; 87 percent are found in South America and 87 percent are found in Luso-South America.
This surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 2,536 people, or 1 in 84,414. In Brazil Malafaia is most frequent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 31 percent reside, São Paulo, where 18 percent reside and Amazonas, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Brazil it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Malafaia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Malafaia surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Malafaia earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 87.21% more than the national average, earning $80,781 USD per year.
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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 Malafaia
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