Malaku Surname

160,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Malaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
DR Congo9651:76,5598,894
Indonesia1571:842,35263,704
South Africa1441:376,23433,811
India641:11,985,397216,293
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Malaku (2,392) may also be a first name.

Malaku Last Name Facts

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

Malaku (Hindi: मलकू, Marathi: मलकु, Oriya: ମାଲକୁ) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malaku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malaku is the 160,269th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 2,678,260 people. The surname Malaku is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Malaku reside; 47 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 151,787th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 2,392 people.

The surname Malaku is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Other than Ethiopia it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.

Malaku Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malaku earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 19.74% less than the national average, earning R 190,728 per year and in United States they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $40,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mahlaku921,653/
Malakou92424/
Mallaku9274/
Malaiku9247/
Malakhu9216/
Mailaku9210/
Malakau926/
Malaeku921/
Malayku921/
Malauku921/
Malakeu921/
Maalaku921/
Malakaus8612/
Malakous8611/
Malaikeu867/
Mailakhu862/
Mallakhu862/
Malakhau862/
Matlyaku862/
Malaykeu861/
Malatkou861/
Mahalaku861/
Mahlakgu861/
Mahlakui861/
Mallakou861/
Melaku83184,566/
Maloku837,370/
Maleku83756/
Malacu83570/
Molaku8311/
Matlhakuy801/
Mahalakau801/
Malaskuit801/
Malakhush801/
Matlhakui801/
Malekau77651/
Malakoe7722/
Malekui7720/
Malioku7720/
Molaeku7712/
Malekeu7710/
Mollaku7710/
Maleiku779/
Meleaku776/
Maleeku775/
Mahloku774/
Malooku774/
Malacus773/
Malékou772/
Moulaku771/
Melakuh771/
Molaiku771/
Malekuj771/
Malekuh771/
Malaicu771/
Malokeu771/
Malokou771/
Malyoku771/
Molakou771/
Mahalakaus7510/
Maloukou7135/
Malekkou7120/
Malekahu7120/
Maleukeu719/
Moelaeku716/
Malegkou714/
Melakhou712/
Maalekeu711/
Mothlaku711/
Moulakou711/
Meelaeku711/
Meleku672,271/
Moloku67485/
Malocu6768/
Mailoukou6716/
Mouliakou6716/
Meloku676/
Moleku672/
Malecu671/
Malacó671/
Mahalekau671/

Malaku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malaku in the Hindi language
मलकूmalaku68.73
मलकुmalaku29.45
मालकूmalaku0.73
मालकुmalaku0.73
गलकूgalaku0.36
Malaku in the Oriya language
ମାଲକୁmalaku42.86
ମଲକୁmalaku35.71
ମାଳକୁmalaku21.43
Malaku in the Marathi language
मलकुmalaku28
मळकुmalaku27
मलकूmalaku18
मालकूmalaku12
मळकूmalaku5
मलाकूmalaku3
मलाकुmalaku2
मालाकूmalaku1
मलकmalaka1
मालाकुmalaku1
माणकेmanake1
माळकूmalaku1

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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 Malaku
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