Malaia Surname
Approximately 6,268 people bear this surname
Malaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 5,728 | 1:7,947 | 929 |
| Romania | 211 | 1:95,156 | 10,911 |
| Moldova | 136 | 1:26,187 | 4,300 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Georgia | 9 | 1:416,172 | 16,412 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Mălâia (42) are calculated separately.
Malaia (54) may also be a first name.
Malaia Demographics
Average Malaia Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Malaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malaia (Georgian: მალაია, Marathi: मलईआ) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It may be found as a variant: Mălâia. Click here to see other potential spellings of Malaia.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 77,998th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,162,659 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Malaia live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 54 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 5,728 people, or 1 in 7,947. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 24 percent reside, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Kherson Oblast, where 7 percent reside. Other than Ukraine it occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 3 percent reside and Moldova, where 2 percent reside.
Malaia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Malaia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Malaia surname declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Malaia Last Name Statistics demography
Malaia earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malaia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malaia in the Georgian language | ||
| მალაია | malaia | - |
| Malaia in the Marathi language | ||
| मलईआ | mala'i'a | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Malaia
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