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
The last name Malaia (Georgian: მალაია, Marathi: मलईआ) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Mălâia. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaia? popularity and diffusion
Malaia is the 77,998th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,162,659 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently used first name at a global level, held by 54 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is borne 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. Aside from Ukraine this last name 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 frequency of Malaia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Malaia surname contracted 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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