Malagas Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Greece

Malagas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malagas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Greece491:226,11835,110
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Malagás (1) are calculated separately.

Malagas Last Name Facts

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

Malagas (Marathi: मालगास) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Malagás. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malagas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malagas is the 1,290,735th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name Malagas occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Malagas are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 515,978. In South Africa Malagas is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 80 percent are found, Gauteng, where 8 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Malagas Last Name Statistics demography

Malagas earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.48% less than the national average, earning R 222,228 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malagás951/
Malangas93160/
Malagase9361/
Malaegas931/
Malagais931/
Malaga9220,641/
Maliangas8813/
Malagaase881/
Malanga8624,221/
Malagad86396/
Malagat86295/
Maulaga86259/
Matlaga86171/
Malagau86153/
Mallaga86137/
Maliaga86133/
Malyaga8680/
Malagos8667/
Malagay8649/
Malagai8626/
Maleaga8622/
Malagha8611/
Malagaa868/
Mailaga866/
Maslaga866/
Malegas864/
Malagah862/
Malauga862/
Malasga862/
Maalaga861/
Malaaga861/
Malagoa861/
Malagap861/
Mahlaga861/
Malayga861/
Malaggay80522/
Matlhaga80434/
Malianga80323/
Maleanga80287/
Malaygay80160/
Mallegas80127/
Malagaud80123/
Mallanga8098/
Malyanga8092/
Malangai8091/
Malasgay8060/
Mahalaga8049/
Malaghay8040/
Malangay8034/
Mhalanga8032/
Malangga8011/
Mailanga8011/
Mollagas8010/
Malagadh806/
Malaghos806/
Moslagas805/
Malagath804/
Malongas804/
Malang'a804/
Malangaa802/
Mahlagha801/
Malagaid801/
Maulanga801/
Malaunga801/
Malahaga801/
Malaugha801/
Maalanga801/
Mailagai801/
Mailagay801/
Mailauga801/
Malaghat801/
Malangaj801/
Malangha801/
Malangos801/
Malannga801/
Mallagay801/
Mealanga801/
Malaigai801/
Maslagay801/
Mailhaga801/
Malaghaz801/
Malago772,015/
Molaga77258/
Málaga77146/
Maloga77136/
Malagò7750/
Malagó7713/
Màlaga779/
Maliangga7537/
Maalangga7535/
Maliongas7519/
Malanghay7518/
Maliangos7514/
Malanggai7513/
Mallagaud7512/
Mailang'a7510/
Malanggay759/
Malaghoos754/
Mahlangau753/
Mallangai752/
Mailagaud751/
Mailan'ga751/
Mahalagad751/
Mailangay751/
Mallaigah751/
Matlahaga751/
Mathlakga751/
Mathlhaga751/
Malonga7154,360/
Malango719,874/
Molanga712,591/
Matloga712,484/
Malagho71121/
Moslaga7189/
Meilaga7169/
Malagod7162/
Malogat7115/
Mailoga7114/
Malioga7112/
Maliago7111/
Malagop716/
Malouga714/
Malhoga713/
Malagoi713/
Malagoy712/
Malagou712/
Mahlago712/
Maulago711/
Matlago711/
Mallaghaud711/
Mallhagaud711/
Moolaga711/
Malloga711/
Maylago711/
Molagai711/
Maleuga711/
Majloga711/
Malegos711/
Malionga67836/
Motlhaga67604/
Mallonga67572/
Malyango67537/
Moulanga67428/
Mollegas67361/
Molangga67357/
Malounga67142/
Mallango6765/
Malyonga6759/
Maliango6743/
Maleango6741/
Malangou6717/
Malaghei6716/
Malanggo675/
Matlokga675/
Mallasgo673/
Malhango672/
Mothlaga672/
Magliago671/
Mallagod671/
Mallegos671/
Maloonga671/
Maalango671/
Malagouh671/
Malhouga671/
Malangoy671/
Malongga671/
Matlhoga671/
Molangai671/
Maalonga671/

Malagas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malagas in the Marathi language
मालगासmalagasa-

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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 Malagas
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