Malayala Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Malayala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Malayala (42) may also be a first name.
Malayala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malayala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malayala (Marathi: मलयला) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malayala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malayala is the 1,380,086th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Malayala occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Malayala reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Malayala is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 42 people.
The last name Malayala is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 5,046,483. In India Malayala is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 70 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 22 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 5 percent reside. Beside India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malayala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malayala in the Marathi language | ||
| मलयला | malayala | - |
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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 Malayala
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