Malapu Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Malapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1531:864,37465,003
India1371:5,599,017134,774
South Africa711:763,06652,802
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Solomon Islands91:64,44812,261
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Malapu (53) may also be a first name.

Malapu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malapu (Hindi: मलपू, Marathi: मलापु, Oriya: ମାଲାପୁ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malapu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 709,895th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Malapu reside; 37 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 37 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Malapu is also the 1,366,219th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 53 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 864,374. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 71 percent are found, Gorontalo, where 15 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia Malapu exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 17 percent are found.

Malapu Last Name Statistics demography

Malapu earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.72% more than the national average, earning R 294,000 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mallapu921,678/
Malgapu92125/
Matlapu9290/
Malappu9262/
Malaphu9244/
Malaupu9218/
Malaput9214/
Malapau929/
Mailapu927/
Malyapu924/
Malapud921/
Malaapu921/
Maladpu921/
Maylapu921/
Maslapu921/
Maelapu921/
Maleapu921/
Mahlapuu86152/
Mallappu8610/
Malaphut865/
Mallaapu865/
Mahalapu864/
Matlapud864/
Mailaspu863/
Mallaypu861/
Malepu83931/
Melapu83334/
Molapu8322/
Malopu832/
Mallapuha801/
Mallepu77421/
Mailopu7716/
Melaapu779/
Malapoe779/
Maalepu777/
Malepou774/
Mollapu771/
Mahlepu771/
Meelapu771/
Malophu771/
Mahalepu717/
Maloupou712/
Maleypeu711/
Mallapoo711/
Mallaapoo673/
Molopu672/
Molepu672/
Mohlaphou671/

Malapu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malapu in the Hindi language
मलपूmalapu-
Malapu in the Oriya language
ମାଲାପୁmalapu66.67
ମଲାପୁେଜାଗାୟmalapuejagaya33.33
Malapu in the Marathi language
मलापुmalapu66.67
मलपुmalapu33.33

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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 Malapu
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