Malayali Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Malayali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malayali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548

Malayali (56) may also be a first name.

Malayali Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malayali Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Malayali occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Malayali.

How Common Is The Last Name Malayali? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Malayali occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Malayali reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Malayali is also the 1,321,957th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 56 people.

Malayali is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Malayali is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 50 percent live, Kerala, where 17 percent live and Maharashtra, where 17 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 40 percent live.

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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 Malayali
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