Malanya Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Georgia

Malanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Malanya (83) may also be a first name.

Malanya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malanya (Marathi: मलंया, Russian: Маланя) occurs most in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malanya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Malanya reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most common first name at a global level It is held by 83 people.

Malanya is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,563,088. In Tanzania Malanya is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 57 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 14 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Georgia, where 9 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malanya in the Marathi language
मलंयाmalanya81.25
बालयाbalaya6.25
माळाण्याmalanya6.25
मालण्याmalanya6.25
Malanya in the Russian language
Маланяmalana-

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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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  • 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 Malanya
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