Malenan Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Malenan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malenan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Malenan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malenan occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Malenan.

How Common Is The Last Name Malenan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Malenan reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Malenan is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 69 percent are found and Enga, where 31 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Malenan exists in one country. It is also found in Chad, where 7 percent are found.

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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 Malenan
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