Malau Surname
Approximately 32,316 people bear this surname
Malau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 21,241 | 1:6,226 | 797 |
| South Sudan | 4,227 | 1:2,701 | 529 |
| South Africa | 1,853 | 1:29,238 | 3,758 |
| Kenya | 1,764 | 1:26,179 | 2,936 |
| Nigeria | 725 | 1:244,335 | 14,160 |
| Tanzania | 683 | 1:77,513 | 8,006 |
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| Lesotho | 309 | 1:6,578 | 1,386 |
| Romania | 252 | 1:79,674 | 9,369 |
| Vanuatu | 197 | 1:1,336 | 359 |
| Botswana | 149 | 1:14,677 | 2,860 |
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 1:57,828 | 7,385 |
| Malaysia | 74 | 1:398,571 | 20,802 |
| Solomon Islands | 68 | 1:8,530 | 1,411 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | 1:842,024 | 52,736 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Tuvalu | 4 | 1:2,797 | 36 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Malau (1,759) may also be a first name.
Malau Demographics
Average Malau Salary in
United States
$26,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Malau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malau (Bengali: মালাউ, Hindi: मलऊ, Marathi: मलऊ, Russian: Малау) occurs most in Indonesia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,160th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 225,509 people. The last name Malau occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Malau reside; 66 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 66 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 182,573rd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 1,759 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 21,241 people, or 1 in 6,226. In Indonesia Malau is most prevalent in: North Sumatra, where 66 percent live, West Java, where 11 percent live and Riau, where 6 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 37 countries. It is also common in South Sudan, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Malau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Malau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Malau surname increased 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Malau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Malau surname is primarily Christian (69%) in Kenya.
The amount Malau earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 46.87% less than the national average, earning R 126,252 per year and in United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malau in the Bengali language | ||
| মালাউ | mala'u | - |
| Malau in the Marathi language | ||
| मलऊ | mala'u | 50 |
| मलौ | malau | 16.67 |
| मालू | malu | 16.67 |
| मालाउ | mala'u | 16.67 |
| Malau in the Hindi language | ||
| मलऊ | mala'u | 32.58 |
| मलाऊ | mala'u | 28.09 |
| मलउ | mala'u | 15.73 |
| मलाउ | mala'u | 11.24 |
| मालौ | malau | 7.87 |
| मालाु | malau | 1.12 |
| मलऊॅ | malaue | 1.12 |
| मालउ | mala'u | 1.12 |
| मलौ | malau | 1.12 |
| Malau in the Russian language | ||
| Малау | malau | - |
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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 Malau
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