Malawe Surname
Approximately 875 people bear this surname
Malawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 609 | 1:121,313 | 13,192 |
| Benin | 102 | 1:101,329 | 11,505 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
The alternate forms: Malawé (1) are calculated separately.
Malawe (88) may also be a first name.
Malawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malawe (Marathi: माळवे) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Malawé. Click here for other possible spellings of Malawe.
How Common Is The Last Name Malawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 401,442nd most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,328,624 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Malawe are found; 70 percent are found in Central Africa and 70 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Malawe is also the 1,017,994th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 88 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 121,313. Apart from The DR Congo it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 12 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malawe in the Marathi language | ||
| माळवे | malave | 57.45 |
| मालवे | malave | 38.3 |
| मळावे | malave | 2.13 |
| माळवॅ | malave | 2.13 |
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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 Malawe
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