Malaim Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Malaim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 34 | 1:945,682 | 9,218 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Malaim (25) may also be a first name.
Malaim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaim Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malaim is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaim? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malaim is the 2,185,341st most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Malaim reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Malaim is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 25 people.
Malaim is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 945,682. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Badakhshan, where 59 percent reside, Kabul, where 26 percent reside and Ghor, where 9 percent reside. Not including Afghanistan this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 35 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 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
- 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 Malaim
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