Malaolu Surname

590,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Malaolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malaolu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5041:351,47418,977
England201:2,785,90397,972
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Malaolu (15) may also be a first name.

Malaolu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malaolu (Arabic: مالااولو) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malaolu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Malaolu is the 590,101st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The last name Malaolu occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Malaolu are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Malaolu is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 351,474. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 51 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Malaolu occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mallaolu931/
Malaolou931/
Molaolu8649/
Maloalu863/
Malauulu80136/
Molaoğlu8011/
Mollaolu802/
Mollaoğlu752,947/
Malau'ulu7514/
Mollahoğlu713/
Molahulu672/
Molaoloe671/

Malaolu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malaolu in the Arabic language
مالااولوmalaawlw-

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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 Malaolu
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