Malaffo Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Malaffo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malaffo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1011:605,51255,891
Belgium131:884,35769,774
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Malaffo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malaffo is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Malaffo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malaffo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malaffo is the 1,683,218th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Malaffo are found; 86 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 86 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The last name Malaffo is most numerous in Italy, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 605,512. In Italy it is most numerous in: Veneto, where 86 percent live, Lombardy, where 11 percent live and Piedmont, where 2 percent live. Not including Italy it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 11 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malafo9245/
Maleffo8647/
Malafou862/
Malafos861/
Malaffa861/
Melaffo861/
Maelafou801/
Malaffeu801/
Malefo775,081/
Melafo771,261/
Malafa77437/
Malofo7791/
Molafo7741/
Malefho71596/
Malasfa7140/
Malafat7112/
Malaifa719/
Malapho717/
Mailafa714/
Malafah711/
Meliafo711/
Mohlafo711/
Malefoy711/
Maelefo711/
Malafha711/
Melafoy711/
Mallefo711/
Malafau711/
Mahlapho672/
Malafatt671/
Mailiafa671/
Malaafaa671/
Mallafap670/

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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 Malaffo
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