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
The surname Malays (Russian: Малайс) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Malays.
How Common Is The Last Name Malays? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Malays occurs mostly 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 carried by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia Malays is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 67 percent live and Jakarta, where 17 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 18 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.
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
- 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 Malays
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