Malax Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Malax Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Malax (11) may also be a first name.
Malax Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malax Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malax occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malax? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Malax occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Malax live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
Malax is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Malax is most common in: Taraba, where 94 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Malax occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Malax
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