Malaiam Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Malaiam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malaiam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand2611:270,64546,481
Solomon Islands151:38,6697,565
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Malaiam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malaiam is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Malaiam.

How Common Is The Last Name Malaiam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 940,398th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Malaiam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Malaiam are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Tai-Asia.

The surname Malaiam is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 270,645. In Thailand Malaiam is mostly concentrated in: Kamphaeng Phet Province, where 97 percent reside, Bangkok, where 2 percent reside and Chonburi Province, where 2 percent reside. Barring Thailand it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Malaiam
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