Malame Surname
Approximately 3,444 people bear this surname
Malame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,213 | 1:238,738 | 13,940 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Malame (380) may also be a first name.
Malame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻼﻣﻪ, Marathi: मलमे, Oriya: ମାଲେମ) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 131,275th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,116,012 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Malame live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Malame is also the 444,827th most numerous forename globally, held by 380 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 3,213 people, or 1 in 238,738. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent reside, Karnataka, where 4 percent reside and Gujarat, where 0 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malame in the Marathi language | ||
| मलमे | malame | 91.04 |
| मळामे | malame | 6.02 |
| मलामे | malame | 0.72 |
| मालमे | malame | 0.38 |
| मळमे | malame | 0.25 |
| मऴामे | malame | 0.21 |
| मालामे | malame | 0.08 |
| मलये | malaye | 0.04 |
| माळामे | malame | 0.04 |
| मालन | malana | 0.04 |
| Malame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻼﻣﻪ | mlamh | 50 |
| ﻣﻌﻼﻡ | mlam | 50 |
| Malame in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଲେମ | malema | 50 |
| ମାଲେଗ | malega | 50 |
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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 Malame
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