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 last name Malaysia is most common in Malaysia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Malaysia.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaysia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malaysia is the 544,808th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,393,786 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Malaysia reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 423,803rd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 412 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 524 people, or 1 in 56,287. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 20 percent are found, Selangor, where 12 percent are found and Penang, where 11 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found 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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