Malavi Surname
Approximately 10,143 people bear this surname
Malavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9,106 | 1:84,237 | 5,652 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| South Africa | 64 | 1:846,527 | 56,162 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Malavi (1,578) may also be a first name.
Malavi Demographics
Malavi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Malavi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malavi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malavi (Hindi: मालवी, Marathi: मळावी) is found most frequently in India. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malavi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malavi is the 50,578th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 718,480 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Malavi are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 194,758th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 1,578 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 9,106 people, or 1 in 84,237. In India it is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 74 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 16 percent reside and Karnataka, where 8 percent reside. Apart from India this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 6 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.
Malavi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Malavi last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Malavi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 24.84% more than the national average, earning R 296,676 per year and in United States they earn 83.27% less than the national average, earning $7,219 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malavi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malavi in the Hindi language | ||
| मालवी | malavi | 88.78 |
| मलावी | malavi | 8.16 |
| मालवीआ | malavi'a | 2.04 |
| मलवी | malavi | 1.02 |
| Malavi in the Marathi language | ||
| मळावी | malavi | 65.03 |
| माळवी | malavi | 13.69 |
| मलावी | malavi | 6.51 |
| मालवी | malavi | 4.96 |
| मालिव | maliva | 1.56 |
| मालावी | malavi | 1.42 |
| मळवी | malavi | 1.42 |
| माळावी | malavi | 1.32 |
| माळिव | maliva | 1.09 |
| ेमलाल | emalala | 0.66 |
| मलवी | malavi | 0.61 |
| मळािव | malaiva | 0.38 |
| मलािव | malaiva | 0.19 |
| माळजी | malaji | 0.19 |
| मडावी | madavi | 0.19 |
| माऴवी | malavi | 0.09 |
| मातवी | matavi | 0.09 |
| मनाली | manali | 0.09 |
| मऴावी | malavi | 0.09 |
| माळती | malati | 0.05 |
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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 Malavi
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