Malafey Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Malafey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malafey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1721:55,2399,388
Russia911:1,583,770106,512
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Malafey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malafey (Russian: Малафей) is most common in Belarus. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Malafey.

How Common Is The Last Name Malafey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 937,786th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Malafey reside; 85 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 85 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

It is most frequent in Belarus, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 55,239. In Belarus Malafey is primarily concentrated in: Minsk Region, where 34 percent live, Brest Region, where 31 percent live and Minsk, where 17 percent live. Beside Belarus this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Malafey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Malafey surname is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

Malafey earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.62% less than the national average, earning $23,031 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malafey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malafey in the Russian language
Малафейmalafej-

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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 Malafey
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