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 held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Mălâia. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 77,998th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,162,659 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Malaia reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 54 people.
It is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 5,728 people, or 1 in 7,947. In Ukraine Malaia is mostly found in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 24 percent are found, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 8 percent are found and Kherson Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Ukraine this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 3 percent are found and Moldova, where 2 percent are found.
Malaia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Malaia has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name 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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