Malest Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Malest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Malest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malest (Russian: Малест) is borne by more people in Equatorial Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Malest is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Malest reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Equatorial Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 126,186. Besides Equatorial Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 15 percent live and Spain, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malest Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malest in the Russian language | ||
| Малест | malest | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Malest
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