Malaita Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Malaita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 77 | 1:28,402 | 5,684 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Malaita (59) may also be a first name.
Malaita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malaita (Arabic: ماليتا, Hindi: मलइता) is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaita? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,194,481st most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 49 percent of Malaita are found; 46 percent are found in Southern Africa and 46 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Malaita is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name on earth, held by 59 people.
The surname Malaita is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 28,402. Other than Botswana this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent live and Indonesia, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malaita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malaita in the Hindi language | ||
| मलइता | mala'ita | - |
| Malaita in the Arabic language | ||
| ماليتا | malyta | - |
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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 Malaita
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