Malalai Surname
Approximately 1,199 people bear this surname
Malalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 577 | 1:133,072 | 12,106 |
| Thailand | 432 | 1:163,515 | 26,170 |
| Afghanistan | 183 | 1:175,700 | 3,503 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Malalai (43,558) may also be a first name.
Malalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malalai (Marathi: मालालाई) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malalai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 313,426th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,078,020 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Malalai live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Malalai is also the 20,719th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 43,558 people.
It is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 577 people, or 1 in 133,072. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Gilan Province, where 15 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 15 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Iran this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 36 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malalai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malalai in the Marathi language | ||
| मालालाई | malala'i | 33.33 |
| मललाई | malala'i | 33.33 |
| मललइ | malala'i | 33.33 |
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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 Malalai
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