Malayar Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Malayar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 94 | 1:342,055 | 5,171 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
Malayar (72) may also be a first name.
Malayar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malayar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malayar (Marathi: मलयार, Russian: Малаяр) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malayar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Malayar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 72 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 342,055. In Afghanistan Malayar is mostly concentrated in: Kandahar, where 36 percent live, Nangarhar, where 13 percent live and Takhar, where 9 percent live. Apart from Afghanistan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 47 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malayar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malayar in the Marathi language | ||
| मलयार | malayara | 50 |
| मुदलीयार | mudaliyara | 25 |
| मालायार | malayara | 25 |
| Malayar in the Russian language | ||
| Малаяр | malaar | - |
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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 Malayar
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