Malawi Surname
Approximately 2,832 people bear this surname
Malawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,451 | 1:69,771 | 11,978 |
| Indonesia | 227 | 1:582,596 | 46,553 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| Jordan | 69 | 1:128,151 | 7,880 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Malawi (660) may also be a first name.
Malawi Demographics
Average Malawi Salary in
United States
$35,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Malawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malawi (Arabic: ملوي, Marathi: मळवी) is most common in The Philippines. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malawi is the 154,907th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,573,286 people. Malawi occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Malawi live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 36 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Malawi is also the 323,152nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 660 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,451 people, or 1 in 69,771. In The Philippines Malawi is primarily found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 53 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 13 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 8 percent are found. Beside The Philippines it is found in 51 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent are found.
Malawi Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Malawi earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.97% more than the national average, earning $78,979 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malawi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malawi in the Marathi language | ||
| मळवी | malavi | 40 |
| मलावी | malavi | 20 |
| माळवी | malavi | 20 |
| मालवी | malavi | 20 |
| Malawi in the Arabic language | ||
| ملوي | mlwy | - |
| ملاوي | mlawy | - |
| الملاوى | almlawy | - |
| الملاوي | almlawy | - |
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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 Malawi
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