Malanta Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Philippines

Malanta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malanta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2931:604,58328,901
Philippines2171:466,53656,377
Niger171:1,128,94224,295
Czechia141:759,53467,321
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malanta (366) may also be a first name.

Malanta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malanta (Hindi: मलन्ता, Marathi: मालंता) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malanta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malanta is the 571,325th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Malanta live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 454,857th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 366 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 293 people, or 1 in 604,583. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 38 percent are found, Bauchi, where 35 percent are found and Gombe, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 39 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malanta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malanta in the Hindi language
मलन्ताmalanta50
मालन्ताmalanta50
Malanta in the Marathi language
मालंताmalanta50
मालांताmalanta50

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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 Malanta
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