Malejevs Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Malejevs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malejevs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia451:45,5576,925
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Maļējevs (1) are calculated separately.

Malejevs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malejevs is found in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Maļējevs. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malejevs? popularity and diffusion

Malejevs is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Malejevs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Malejevs live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Malejevs is most widespread in Latvia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 45,557. In Latvia Malejevs is most prevalent in: Latgale, where 47 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 40 percent reside and Semigallia, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Latvia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malejev931/
Maļējevs921/
Malejeva8821/
Molejevs881/
Malajevs881/
Maleev866,862/
Maslijevs821/
Malesev8043/
Maleyev8037/
Malajev8023/
Malejew8019/
Malleev808/
Malujev801/
Maileev801/
Malisevs75440/
Maleyeva7516/
Maslejew756/
Malajeva755/
Malysjev752/
Maleseev751/
Maslejov751/
Mahaleev751/
Malaev713,335/
Maliev71829/
Maluev71228/
Malyev71106/
Maloev7186/
Moleev7118/
Maleef713/
Mallajeva711/
Malgijeva711/
Maleiv711/
Mallaev679,646/
Maliyev67737/
Malyaev67438/
Malayev67285/
Malysev67124/
Mayliev67113/
Malyuev6760/
Malisev6748/
Mauliev6740/
Malliev6724/
Malheew6722/
Malicev6717/
Malgaev6713/
Maleeff6710/
Malloev679/
Maylyev678/
Mallyev677/
Mahliev676/
Maloyev674/
Malijav674/
Mahlaev673/
Malluev673/
Malaiev673/
Mailiev672/
Malajew672/
Maaliev672/
Maluyev671/
Maileiv671/
Maaleef671/
Malyyev671/
Masleyv671/
Maylaev671/
Malajov671/

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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 Malejevs
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