Malaysia Surname
Approximately 588 people bear this surname
Malaysia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 524 | 1:56,287 | 4,312 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Malaysia (412) may also be a first name.
Malaysia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaysia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malaysia is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaysia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 544,808th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Malaysia reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Malaysia is also the 423,803rd most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 412 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is carried by 524 people, or 1 in 56,287. In Malaysia Malaysia is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 20 percent are found, Selangor, where 12 percent are found and Penang, where 11 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 5 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Malaysia
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