Malegar Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Malegar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malegar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1321:5,811,101137,947
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Malegar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malegar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Malegar (Marathi: माळेगार) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malegar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Malegar is the 1,551,568th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Malegar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 5,811,101. In India Malegar is most numerous in: Karnataka, where 97 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 3 percent are found. Barring India this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Malegar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malegar in the Marathi language
माळेगारmalegara50
मालेगरmalegara50

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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 Malegar
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