Maleya Surname
Approximately 2,914 people bear this surname
Maleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,006 | 1:73,439 | 8,576 |
| Zambia | 630 | 1:25,159 | 2,682 |
| Kenya | 579 | 1:79,758 | 7,379 |
| Tanzania | 416 | 1:127,263 | 11,974 |
| India | 101 | 1:7,594,707 | 163,091 |
| Zimbabwe | 89 | 1:173,463 | 21,090 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maleya (719) may also be a first name.
Maleya Demographics
Maleya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maleya (Bengali: মলেয়া, Hindi: माल्या, Marathi: मलेया, Oriya: ମାେଲୟା, Russian: Малея) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Maleya.
How Common Is The Last Name Maleya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 151,175th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,500,874 people. The last name Maleya is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Maleya reside; 35 percent reside in Central Africa and 35 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 307,830th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 719 people.
It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,006 people, or 1 in 73,439. Excluding The DR Congo Maleya occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 22 percent live and Kenya, where 20 percent live.
Maleya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Maleya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.39% less than the national average, earning R 84,624 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maleya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maleya in the Bengali language | ||
| মলেয়া | maleya | - |
| Maleya in the Hindi language | ||
| माल्या | malya | - |
| Maleya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାେଲୟା | maelaya | 91.67 |
| ମେଲୟା | melaya | 3.33 |
| ମାେଳୟା | maelaya | 1.67 |
| ସିମାୟା | simaya | 1.67 |
| Maleya in the Marathi language | ||
| मलेया | maleya | 45.83 |
| मालेया | maleya | 20.83 |
| मलेॅया | maleeya | 16.67 |
| मलै | malai | 8.33 |
| मलेय | maleya | 4.17 |
| मलैया | malaiya | 4.17 |
| Maleya in the Russian language | ||
| Малея | malea | - |
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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 Maleya
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