Maleš Surname
Approximately 1,604 people bear this surname
Maleš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 716 | 1:5,906 | 822 |
| Serbia | 375 | 1:19,053 | 2,202 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 371 | 1:9,532 | 1,930 |
| Slovenia | 126 | 1:19,743 | 4,461 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 1:127,913 | 4,949 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Males (13,315), Maleş (5), Máleš (2) & Malès (1) are calculated separately.
Maleš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maleš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maleš occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Males, Maleş, Máleš or Malès. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maleš? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maleš is the 247,845th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,543,358 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Maleš live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
Maleš is most numerous in Croatia, where it is carried by 716 people, or 1 in 5,906. In Croatia Maleš is most prevalent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 75 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 7 percent reside and Šibenik-Knin County, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Croatia this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 23 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 23 percent reside.
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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 Maleš
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