Malanis Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Malanis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Malanis (18) may also be a first name.
Malanis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malanis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malanis (Marathi: मलानीस) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malanis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,121,169th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Malanis live; 84 percent live in Oceania Islands and 84 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 123,541. In Papua New Guinea Malanis is mostly found in: Madang, where 86 percent reside, Morobe, where 12 percent reside and East Sepik, where 2 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent reside and Greece, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malanis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malanis in the Marathi language | ||
| मलानीस | malanisa | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Malanis
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