Malaj Surname
Approximately 6,640 people bear this surname
Malaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 4,762 | 1:612 | 50 |
| Kosovo | 521 | 1:3,574 | 592 |
| Greece | 433 | 1:25,588 | 3,838 |
| India | 347 | 1:2,210,563 | 73,512 |
| United States | 170 | 1:2,132,111 | 135,040 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| England | 70 | 1:795,972 | 43,050 |
| Italy | 38 | 1:1,609,387 | 83,030 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Serbia | 5 | 1:1,428,990 | 29,746 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Maláj (2) are calculated separately.
Malaj (120) may also be a first name.
Malaj Demographics
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Malaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malaj (Hindi: मालजा, Marathi: मलज, Oriya: ମଲାଜ) occurs more in Albania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Maláj. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 74,078th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,097,522 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Malaj are found; 86 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Albano-Europe. It is also the 852,104th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 120 people.
The surname Malaj is most prevalent in Albania, where it is held by 4,762 people, or 1 in 612. In Albania Malaj is mostly found in: Fier County, where 26 percent reside, Vlorë County, where 20 percent reside and Tirana County, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Albania this last name exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 8 percent reside and Greece, where 7 percent reside.
Malaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Malaj last name are 15.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Malaj earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 75.67% less than the national average, earning €7,305 per year; in Norway they earn 9.29% less than the national average, earning 313,913 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.79% less than the national average, earning $42,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.96% less than the national average, earning $34,798 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଲାଜ | malaja | - |
| Malaj in the Hindi language | ||
| मालजा | malaja | 60 |
| मलाज | malaja | 15 |
| मालज | malaja | 5 |
| मालाज | malaja | 5 |
| मलजा | malaja | 5 |
| मालन | malana | 5 |
| मलज | malaja | 5 |
| Malaj in the Marathi language | ||
| मलज | malaja | 45.65 |
| मालाज | malaja | 28.26 |
| माळाज | malaja | 17.39 |
| मालज | malaja | 6.52 |
| मकाज | makaja | 2.17 |
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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 Malaj
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