Malee Surname
Approximately 7,356 people bear this surname
Malee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3,693 | 1:19,128 | 1,552 |
| India | 3,046 | 1:251,827 | 14,564 |
| United States | 198 | 1:1,830,601 | 119,637 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Liberia | 62 | 1:71,105 | 6,042 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 45 | 1:1,115,971 | 64,142 |
The alternate forms: Malée (1) are calculated separately.
Malee (18,064) may also be a first name.
Malee Demographics
Malee Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Malee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malee (Hindi: माली, Marathi: माळी, Oriya: ମଲୀ, Russian: Малее) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Malée. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malee? popularity and diffusion
Malee is the 67,638th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 990,694 people. Malee is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Malee are found; 52 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Malee is also the 40,728th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 18,064 people.
The last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 3,693 people, or 1 in 19,128. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Narathiwat Province, where 20 percent are found, Pattani Province, where 20 percent are found and Yala Province, where 12 percent are found. Beside Thailand this surname occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Malee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Malee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Malee last name increased 440 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 175 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Malee Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Malee surname are 22.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.89% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Malee earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 40.33% more than the national average, earning R 333,468 per year and in United States they earn 7.05% more than the national average, earning $46,192 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malee in the Hindi language | ||
| माली | mali | - |
| Malee in the Marathi language | ||
| माळी | mali | 71.73 |
| माली | mali | 27.43 |
| मेळे | mele | 0.84 |
| Malee in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଲୀ | mali | 66.67 |
| ମଲି | mali | 33.33 |
| Malee in the Russian language | ||
| Малее | malee | - |
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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 Malee
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