Malays Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Malays Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Malays Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malays Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malays (Russian: Малайс) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Malays.
How Common Is The Last Name Malays? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malays is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Malays are found; 64 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Java, where 67 percent are found and Jakarta, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 18 percent are found and The Philippines, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malays Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malays in the Russian language | ||
| Малайс | malajs | - |
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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
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- 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 Malays
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