Malgai Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Malgai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
Malgai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malgai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malgai (Marathi: मालगई) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malgai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Malgai live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Malgai is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea Malgai is most prevalent in: Madang, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent are found and Pakistan, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malgai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malgai in the Marathi language | ||
| मालगई | malaga'i | - |
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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 Malgai
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