Malakar Surname

2,603rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Malakar Surname User-submission:

The Malakar surname comes from the words mala, meaning 'garland', and kar, meaning 'maker'. They were garland makers in ancient India. The people with Malakar surname had ancestors, whose primary profession was making garlands and also gardening.

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Malakar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India196,1321:3,911370
Bangladesh15,2301:10,463864
Nepal2,1801:13,065779
United States1681:2,157,494136,287
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
United Arab Emirates1401:65,4456,155
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Singapore171:323,98313,856
England151:3,714,537119,675
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397

Malakar (427) may also be a first name.

Malakar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Malakar surname comes from the words mala, meaning 'garland', and kar, meaning 'maker'. They were garland makers in ancient India. The people with Malakar surname had ancestors, whose primary profession was making garlands and also gardening.

- bishakha

Malakar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malakar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Malakar (Bengali: মালাকার, Hindi: मालाकार, Marathi: मालाकार, Oriya: ମାଲାକାର) is held by more people in India 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 Malakar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,603rd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,026 people. The surname Malakar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Malakar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 415,584th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 427 people.

This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 196,132 people, or 1 in 3,911. In India it is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 36 percent reside, Assam, where 24 percent reside and Tripura, where 21 percent reside. Not including India this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 7 percent reside and Nepal, where 1 percent reside.

Malakar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Malakar last name are 5.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.85% being registered with the party.

Malakar earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.43% more than the national average, earning $48,942 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malakar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malakar in the Bengali language
মালাকারmalakara99.73
মালাকরmalakara0.13
মালকারmalakara0.05
মলাকারmalakara0.04
মালাকার্malakar0.02
মলকারmalakara0
মলকর্malakar0
মালাাকরmalaakara0
মল্লিকmallika0
Malakar in the Hindi language
मालाकारmalakara82.23
मालाकरmalakara10.38
मलाकारmalakara2.46
मलाकरmalakara1.69
मलकारmalakara1.3
मालकारmalakara0.78
मलकरmalakara0.52
मालकरmalakara0.52
कुमारkumara0.13
Malakar in the Oriya language
ମାଲାକାରmalakara62.6
ମାଳାକାରmalakara14.8
ମାଲକାରmalakara10.4
ମଲାକାରmalakara2.8
ମାଲାକରmalakara2.2
ମାଳକାରmalakara1.4
ମାଲାକାର୍malakar0.6
ମାଳାକରmalakara0.4
ମଲାକରmalakara0.4
ନାୟକnayaka0.2
ମାଲକରmalakara0.2
ମାଳାକାର୍malakar0.2
ମଳାକାରmalakara0.2
ମାଲାକmalaka0.2
ମଲକରmalakara0.2
Malakar in the Marathi language
मालाकारmalakara40.18
मालाकरmalakara20.18
मलकरmalakara11.98
माळकरmalakara9.55
मालकरmalakara6.67
मालकारmalakara2.34
मलाकरmalakara2.34
मलकारmalakara1.26
मलाकारmalakara0.9
मळकरmalakara0.72
मालेाकारmaleakara0.72
मालेाकरmaleakara0.54
माळाकरmalakara0.54
िदवाकरidavakara0.36
मलेकरmalekara0.18
मावकरmavakara0.18
माळेकरmalekara0.18
मेलकरmelakara0.18
मालेकरmalekara0.18
मेटकरीmetakari0.09

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