Malaysian Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Malaysian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 35 | 1:918,662 | 9,049 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Malaysian (50) may also be a first name.
Malaysian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaysian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malaysian is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaysian? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malaysian is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Malaysian is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Malaysian are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 50 people.
The last name Malaysian is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 918,662. In Afghanistan Malaysian is mostly found in: Kunar, where 37 percent live, Zabul, where 29 percent live and Kandahar, where 17 percent live. Beside Afghanistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and Singapore, where 3 percent live.
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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 Malaysian
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