Malakar Surname
Approximately 214,178 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameMalakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 196,132 | 1:3,911 | 370 |
| Bangladesh | 15,230 | 1:10,463 | 864 |
| Nepal | 2,180 | 1:13,065 | 779 |
| United States | 168 | 1:2,157,494 | 136,287 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
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.
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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 most common in India. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malakar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,603rd most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 34,026 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Malakar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 415,584th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 427 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 196,132 people, or 1 in 3,911. In India Malakar is most common in: West Bengal, where 36 percent reside, Assam, where 24 percent reside and Tripura, where 21 percent reside. Aside from India it is found in 34 countries. It is also common 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 political 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malakar in the Bengali language | ||
| মালাকার | malakara | 99.73 |
| মালাকর | malakara | 0.13 |
| মালকার | malakara | 0.05 |
| মলাকার | malakara | 0.04 |
| মালাকার্ | malakar | 0.02 |
| মলকার | malakara | 0 |
| মলকর্ | malakar | 0 |
| মালাাকর | malaakara | 0 |
| মল্লিক | mallika | 0 |
| Malakar in the Hindi language | ||
| मालाकार | malakara | 82.23 |
| मालाकर | malakara | 10.38 |
| मलाकार | malakara | 2.46 |
| मलाकर | malakara | 1.69 |
| मलकार | malakara | 1.3 |
| मालकार | malakara | 0.78 |
| मलकर | malakara | 0.52 |
| मालकर | malakara | 0.52 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0.13 |
| Malakar in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଲାକାର | malakara | 62.6 |
| ମାଳାକାର | malakara | 14.8 |
| ମାଲକାର | malakara | 10.4 |
| ମଲାକାର | malakara | 2.8 |
| ମାଲାକର | malakara | 2.2 |
| ମାଳକାର | malakara | 1.4 |
| ମାଲାକାର୍ | malakar | 0.6 |
| ମାଳାକର | malakara | 0.4 |
| ମଲାକର | malakara | 0.4 |
| ନାୟକ | nayaka | 0.2 |
| ମାଲକର | malakara | 0.2 |
| ମାଳାକାର୍ | malakar | 0.2 |
| ମଳାକାର | malakara | 0.2 |
| ମାଲାକ | malaka | 0.2 |
| ମଲକର | malakara | 0.2 |
| Malakar in the Marathi language | ||
| मालाकार | malakara | 40.18 |
| मालाकर | malakara | 20.18 |
| मलकर | malakara | 11.98 |
| माळकर | malakara | 9.55 |
| मालकर | malakara | 6.67 |
| मालकार | malakara | 2.34 |
| मलाकर | malakara | 2.34 |
| मलकार | malakara | 1.26 |
| मलाकार | malakara | 0.9 |
| मळकर | malakara | 0.72 |
| मालेाकार | maleakara | 0.72 |
| मालेाकर | maleakara | 0.54 |
| माळाकर | malakara | 0.54 |
| िदवाकर | idavakara | 0.36 |
| मलेकर | malekara | 0.18 |
| मावकर | mavakara | 0.18 |
| माळेकर | malekara | 0.18 |
| मेलकर | melakara | 0.18 |
| मालेकर | malekara | 0.18 |
| मेटकरी | metakari | 0.09 |
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