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
Malau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Malau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malau (Bengali: মালাউ, Hindi: मलऊ, Marathi: मलऊ, Russian: Малау) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malau is the 17,160th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 225,509 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Malau live; 66 percent live in Southeast Asia and 66 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 182,573rd most widely held forename in the world, borne by 1,759 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 21,241 people, or 1 in 6,226. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: North Sumatra, where 66 percent live, West Java, where 11 percent live and Riau, where 6 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in South Sudan, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Malau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Malau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Malau surname grew 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Malau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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
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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 Malau
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