Malafaya Surname

315,974th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Malafaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malafaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru9591:33,1433,284
Portugal1891:55,1233,035
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malafaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malafaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Malafaya is held by more people in Peru than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Malafaya.

How Common Is The Last Name Malafaya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 315,974th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,139,466 people. The surname Malafaya occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Malafaya are found; 84 percent are found in South America and 81 percent are found in Andean South America.

The last name is most widely held in Peru, where it is held by 959 people, or 1 in 33,143. In Peru Malafaya is mostly concentrated in: Loreto Region, where 84 percent are found, Ucayali Region, where 7 percent are found and Lima Province, where 5 percent are found. Other than Peru it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

Malafaya Last Name Statistics demography

Malafaya earn a lot less than the average income. In Peru they earn 45.68% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,530 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
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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 Malafaya
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