Malapi Surname

513,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Malapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia3021:7,9781,551
South Africa2281:237,62224,428
Peru381:836,42417,653
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
India181:42,614,743461,117
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malapi (142) may also be a first name.

Malapi Last Name Facts

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

Malapi (Hindi: मलापी, Marathi: मालापी, Oriya: ମଳପି) is found in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malapi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 513,430th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,458,406 people. The last name Malapi is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Malapi reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Malapi is also the 775,413th most frequent forename globally, borne by 142 people.

The last name is most frequent in Namibia, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 7,978. In Namibia Malapi is primarily found in: Oshikoto Region, where 32 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 23 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Namibia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 36 percent reside and Peru, where 6 percent reside.

Malapi Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malapi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 48.48% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,782 per year and in South Africa they earn 46.3% less than the national average, earning R 127,620 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malapit924,019/
Mallapi9223/
Malapis9216/
Malaphi9213/
Mahlapi925/
Matlapi924/
Malapie923/
Maylapi922/
Malahpi921/
Malapei921/
Malapiy921/
Maulapai8627/
Matlhapi8612/
Mahalapi863/
Mallyapi862/
Malliapi862/
Mathlapi862/
Malapoit861/
Malapaia861/
Maliappi861/
Malaipip861/
Malapa832,954/
Molapi831,243/
Malape83894/
Melapi83464/
Malopi83247/
Malapy838/
Malepi832/
Malaphaia8020/
Maliappis8017/
Malaiphit809/
Mahalaphi806/
Matlhapii801/
Malliappi801/
Malaiphai801/
Molapiy77957/
Melaphi77643/
Matlape77398/
Mohlapi77346/
Malappa77340/
Mahlape77211/
Mallapa7762/
Motlapi7738/
Malapha7736/
Malapet7736/
Malapay7735/
Malaipa7730/
Maliapa7729/
Mailapa7728/
Matlopi7722/
Malaper7721/
Maliape7718/
Malopis7713/
Molapie7711/
Malaupa779/
Molapai779/
Malyapa775/
Maleapa775/
Mehlapi775/
Maloupi774/
Malapes773/
Mallape772/
Meulapi772/
Molaupi772/
Malapee772/
Malepai771/
Malhapa771/
Melapie771/
Mailape771/
Malaapa771/
Malaape771/
Malgape771/
Malaupe771/
Malapaa771/
Malaphy771/
Malopiy771/
Molappi771/
Malopie771/
Mahlopi771/
Molaphi771/
Moliapi771/
Malliappis751/
Mallappa712,303/
Matlhape71622/
Malapaya71336/
Motlhapi71263/
Maleappa7132/
Malaipha7127/
Malaphet7118/
Maloupis7117/
Malhappe7117/
Mathlape7110/
Maulapay716/
Mohlaphi716/
Mhalappa714/
Mailappa713/
Maliappa712/
Mothlapi712/
Malapech712/
Maalappa711/
Malyappa711/
Malaspee711/
Mealapeh711/
Malaaipa711/
Moulapit711/
Meulappi711/
Mmaleepi711/
Malhapha711/
Malaphee711/
Mehlaphi711/
Mahlaphe711/
Malaipet711/
Malepe6718,089/
Malope6717,151/
Malopa671,644/
Molopi67697/
Malaiphet67161/
Molepi6748/
Malapetch6735/
Malopy6715/
Melepi6712/
Melape677/
Molape674/
Molapa673/
Melopi672/
Motlahapi672/
Malayphet672/
Masloupis671/
Maalaphet671/
Mallapuha671/
Malaypaya671/
Mahallepi671/
Moolaphai671/

Malapi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malapi in the Hindi language
मलापीmalapi-
Malapi in the Oriya language
ମଳପିmalapi-
Malapi in the Marathi language
मालापीmalapi28.57
मळापीmalapi28.57
मलपीmalapi28.57
मालपीmalapi14.29

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Malapi
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