Malassa Surname
Approximately 2,173 people bear this surname
Malassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,972 | 1:13,686 | 1,647 |
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Malassa (72) may also be a first name.
Malassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﺻﻪ) is found in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malassa? popularity and diffusion
Malassa is the 193,547th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,353,680 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Malassa live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 72 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Angola, where it is borne by 1,972 people, or 1 in 13,686. Besides Angola this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malassa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻼﺻﻪ | mlash | 61.9 |
| ﻣﻼﺻﺔ | mlast | 38.1 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Malassa
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