Malchau Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Malchau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 269 | 1:299,277 | 30,754 |
| Denmark | 83 | 1:68,009 | 6,785 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Malchau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malchau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malchau is found most in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malchau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 781,947th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Malchau reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 269 people, or 1 in 299,277. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 27 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 24 percent reside and Hamburg, where 20 percent reside. Other than Germany Malchau is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Malchau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Malchau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Malchau surname rose 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Malchau
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