Malah Surname
Approximately 96,080 people bear this surname
Malah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 56,563 | 1:3,158 | 366 |
| Nepal | 19,666 | 1:1,448 | 221 |
| India | 13,657 | 1:56,166 | 3,849 |
| Iran | 1,839 | 1:41,752 | 4,814 |
| Nigeria | 1,188 | 1:149,110 | 9,467 |
| Egypt | 1,037 | 1:88,656 | 7,732 |
| Cameroon | 557 | 1:37,287 | 4,996 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Indonesia | 292 | 1:452,908 | 37,631 |
| Liberia | 130 | 1:33,912 | 3,168 |
| Philippines | 109 | 1:928,791 | 82,877 |
| Lebanon | 103 | 1:54,729 | 4,357 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Malah (4,047) may also be a first name.
Malah Demographics
Malah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Malah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malah (Arabic: ملاه, Bengali: মালাহ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻻﻩ, Hindi: मलाह, Marathi: मलाह, Oriya: ମାଲହ) is most common in Pakistan. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malah is the 5,872nd most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 75,849 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Malah reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Malah is also the 109,603rd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 4,047 people.
The last name Malah is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 56,563 people, or 1 in 3,158. In Pakistan Malah is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 100 percent live, Punjab, where 0 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent live. Barring Pakistan Malah is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 20 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Malah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Malah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Malah last name increased 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Malah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Maronite (89%) in Lebanon.
Malah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 50.41% more than the national average, earning $64,900 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malah in the Hindi language | ||
| मलाह | malaha | 97.73 |
| मलह | malaha | 2.27 |
| Malah in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଲହ | malaha | 95.99 |
| ମଲହ | malaha | 1.48 |
| ମାଳହ | malaha | 1.05 |
| ମଲାହ | malaha | 0.42 |
| ମାଲାହ | malaha | 0.42 |
| ମାହ | maha | 0.21 |
| ମାଲଃ | malah | 0.21 |
| Malah in the Marathi language | ||
| मलाह | malaha | 89.07 |
| लाह | laha | 5.3 |
| मलह | malaha | 2.65 |
| मालाह | malaha | 1.99 |
| मळाह | malaha | 0.66 |
| मालह | malaha | 0.33 |
| Malah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻻﻩ | malah | 80 |
| ﻣﻼﻩ | mlah | 10 |
| ﻣﻠﺢ | mlh | 10 |
| Malah in the Bengali language | ||
| মালাহ | malaha | 80 |
| মালা | mala | 20 |
| Malah in the Arabic language | ||
| ملاه | mlah | - |
| ميلاة | mylat | - |
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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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- 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 Malah
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