Malaghan Surname

266,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Malaghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malaghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,3941:550,26227,079
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
United States221:16,475,406557,260
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Malaghan (26) may also be a first name.

Malaghan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malaghan (Marathi: मलघान) is found most frequently in India. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Malaghan.

How Common Is The Last Name Malaghan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 266,135th most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,960,889 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Malaghan live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 26 people.

It is most common in India, where it is carried by 1,394 people, or 1 in 550,262. In India Malaghan is mostly concentrated in: Karnataka, where 95 percent are found, Gujarat, where 3 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found. Excluding India it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Malaghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Malaghan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 314 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Malaghan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

Malaghan earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.53% less than the national average, earning $17,029 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malaghan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malaghan in the Marathi language
मलघानmalaghana60
मळघनmalaghana20
मळघाणmalaghana10
मलघनmalaghana10

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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 Malaghan
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