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 found most frequently in Somaliland. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Malaw.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaw? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 707,442nd most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 613 people.
The surname Malaw is most commonly used in Somaliland, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 13,890. Excluding Somaliland this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found.
Malaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Malaw has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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
- 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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