Malafeev Surname

139,923rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Malafeev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malafeev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2,8901:49,8706,575
Ukraine2041:223,15029,731
Belarus431:220,95527,273
Kazakhstan201:884,12554,571
Moldova91:395,70828,721
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Malafeev Last Name Facts

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

Malafeev (Russian: Малафеев) occurs most in Russia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Malafeev click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malafeev? popularity and diffusion

The last name Malafeev is the 139,923rd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,283,066 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Malafeev are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 87 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 2,890 people, or 1 in 49,870. In Russia it is mostly found in: Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 10 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 7 percent live and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 7 percent live. Apart from Russia it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 6 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Malafeev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Malafeev surname are 8.93% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 55.7% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malafeev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malafeev in the Russian language
Малафеевmalafeev-

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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
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