Malaja Surname
Approximately 598 people bear this surname
Malaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 412 | 1:128,499 | 12,072 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
Malaja (251) may also be a first name.
Malaja Demographics
Average Malaja Salary in
South Africa
R 13,380
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Malaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malaja (Arabic: ملاجي, Marathi: मलजा) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 538,129th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,186,532 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Malaja live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 562,655th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 251 people.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 412 people, or 1 in 128,499. In Tanzania it is most common 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. Other than Tanzania it occurs 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malaja in the Marathi language | ||
| मलजा | malaja | 44.44 |
| मालजा | malaja | 33.33 |
| मालाजा | malaja | 11.11 |
| मळजा | malaja | 11.11 |
| Malaja in the Arabic language | ||
| ملاجي | mlajy | - |
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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 Malaja
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