View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Where Does The Last Name Malaja Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Malaja (Arabic: ملاجي, Marathi: मलजा) occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malaja? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 538,129^th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,186,532 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Malaja live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Malaja is also the 562,655^th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 251 people.

It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 412 people, or 1 in 128,499. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 55 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 38 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.

Malaja Last Name Statistics ^demography

Malaja earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 94.37% less than the national average, earning R 13,380 per year.