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) is more frequently found in Somaliland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Malaw click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaw? popularity and diffusion
Malaw is the 707,442nd most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Malaw reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Malaw is also the 337,379th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 613 people.
Malaw is most frequent in Somaliland, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 13,890. Not including Somaliland it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Malaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Malaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Malaw last name decreased 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
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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 Malaw
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