Malaw Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Malaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 252 | 1:13,890 | 743 |
| Philippines | 57 | 1:1,776,109 | 113,042 |
| Niger | 47 | 1:408,341 | 11,310 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Malaw (613) may also be a first name.
Malaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻻﻭ, Marathi: मालव) occurs most in Somaliland. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaw? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 707,442nd most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Malaw are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 337,379th most frequent first name internationally, held by 613 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Somaliland, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 13,890. Without taking into account Somaliland this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found.
Malaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Malaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Malaw surname declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malaw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻻﻭ | malaw | 70 |
| ﻣﻠﻮ | mlw | 10 |
| ﻣﺎﻟﻮ | malw | 10 |
| ﻣﻼﻭ | mlaw | 10 |
| Malaw in the Marathi language | ||
| मालव | malava | 66.67 |
| मलव | malava | 16.67 |
| माळाव | malava | 16.67 |
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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 Malaw
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