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 surname Malawi (Arabic: ملوي, Marathi: मळवी) is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Malawi.
How Common Is The Last Name Malawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malawi is the 154,907th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,573,286 people. Malawi is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Malawi are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 36 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 323,152nd most widespread first name internationally, held by 660 people.
Malawi is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,451 people, or 1 in 69,771. In The Philippines Malawi is most common in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 53 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 13 percent live and National Capital Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of The Philippines it is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent live.
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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