Malayu Surname
Approximately 356 people bear this surname
Malayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 279 | 1:474,011 | 39,120 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Malayu (52) may also be a first name.
Malayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malayu (Marathi: मलयू) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Malayu.
How Common Is The Last Name Malayu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 791,719th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,470,635 people. The last name Malayu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Malayu live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Malayu is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 52 people.
Malayu is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 474,011. In Indonesia Malayu is mostly concentrated in: North Sumatra, where 36 percent reside, West Sumatra, where 13 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 13 percent reside. Other than Indonesia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malayu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malayu in the Marathi language | ||
| मलयू | malayu | 50 |
| मलयु | malayu | 50 |
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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 Malayu
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