Malafu Surname

196,943rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Malafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,4011:94,3969,847
DR Congo3901:189,43519,115
Kenya1011:457,22724,042
South Africa801:677,22149,167
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Philippines531:1,910,155116,778
Zambia211:754,75827,278
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Malafu (20) may also be a first name.

Malafu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malafu (Hindi: मलाफू, Marathi: मलफू) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malafu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 196,943rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,426,209 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Malafu are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 64 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Malafu is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 20 people.

The surname Malafu is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,401 people, or 1 in 94,396. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 97 percent reside, Papua, where 2 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.

Malafu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Malafu last name are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.38% being registered with the political party.

The amount Malafu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.9% less than the national average, earning R 52,512 per year and in United States they earn 2.15% less than the national average, earning $42,221 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maalafu9297/
Mhalafu9297/
Mahlafu9225/
Maulafu925/
Malafou922/
Malaifu921/
Maliafu921/
Malafau921/
Mahalafu8661/
Matlafus863/
Maelafou861/
Malleafu861/
Malaffeu861/
Malefu83607/
Malofu83191/
Molafu8319/
Melafu8310/
Mohlafu7766/
Malaphu7744/
Mahlavu7715/
'Malefu773/
Mahlefu773/
Malefeu771/
Molafuu771/
Maloofu771/
Mallefu771/
Motlhafu7113/
Malaphut715/
Meleafeu711/
Meliafeu711/
Mahalefu711/
Molefu673/
Mgolofu62418/
Motlofu6215/
Mohlavu6210/
Malophu621/
Molefeu621/
Moloufou571/
Mohlaphou531/

Malafu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malafu in the Hindi language
मलाफूmalaphu-
Malafu in the Marathi language
मलफूmalaphu-

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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 Malafu
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