Malavar Surname

443,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Malavar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malavar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6421:1,194,80648,020
Mexico731:1,700,35917,324
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Malavar (408) may also be a first name.

Malavar Last Name Facts

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

Malavar (Hindi: मालवर, Marathi: मलवार) is found most in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malavar? popularity and diffusion

Malavar is the 443,594th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Malavar are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 426,776th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 408 people.

The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 642 people, or 1 in 1,194,806. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 86 percent live, Bihar, where 6 percent live and Gujarat, where 6 percent live. Not including India it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 9 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.

Malavar Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malavar earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 3.96% more than the national average, earning $23,600,600 COP per year and in United States they earn 26.55% more than the national average, earning $54,607 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malavar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malavar in the Marathi language
मलवारmalavara90.44
मालवारmalavara1.84
मलवरmalavara1.15
मालावारmalavara1.15
मालवरmalavara1.15
मळवारmalavara0.69
माळवरmalavara0.46
मलावारmalavara0.46
पवारpavara0.35
मळावारmalavara0.23
मलबारmalabara0.23
मलवाmalava0.23
मालकरmalakara0.23
Malavar in the Hindi language
मालवरmalavara62.5
मलावरmalavara25
मालवारmalavara12.5

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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 Malavar
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