Malem Surname
Approximately 3,276 people bear this surname
Malem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,022 | 1:129,402 | 12,977 |
| India | 668 | 1:1,148,301 | 46,645 |
| Algeria | 528 | 1:73,166 | 11,764 |
| Cameroon | 186 | 1:111,662 | 12,987 |
| Iran | 164 | 1:468,186 | 28,471 |
| Philippines | 148 | 1:684,042 | 70,291 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Thailand | 95 | 1:743,562 | 121,778 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Argentina | 58 | 1:736,955 | 49,943 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Màlem (1) are calculated separately.
Malem (4,587) may also be a first name.
Malem Demographics
Average Malem Salary in
United States
$27,893 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Malem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻟﻢ, Hindi: मलेम, Marathi: मालेम, Tibetan: དམར་ལེམོ།) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Màlem. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,909th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,224,526 people. The surname Malem occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Malem live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 32 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 101,388th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 4,587 people.
This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,022 people, or 1 in 129,402. In Indonesia Malem is primarily concentrated in: North Sumatra, where 37 percent reside, Aceh, where 29 percent reside and West Java, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside and Algeria, where 16 percent reside.
Malem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Malem has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Malem surname grew 338 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Malem Last Name Statistics demography
Malem earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.36% less than the national average, earning $27,893 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻟﻢ | malm | - |
| Malem in the Tibetan language | ||
| དམར་ལེམོ། | marlemo | - |
| Malem in the Hindi language | ||
| मलेम | malema | - |
| Malem in the Marathi language | ||
| मालेम | malema | 77.78 |
| मलमे | malame | 22.22 |
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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 Malem
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