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
Malassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﺻﻪ) has its highest incidence in Angola. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malassa? popularity and diffusion
Malassa is the 193,547th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,353,680 people. The surname Malassa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Malassa reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Malassa is also the 1,143,416th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 72 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is held by 1,972 people, or 1 in 13,686. Besides Angola it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
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
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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 Malassa
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