Malgudi Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Malgudi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Malgudi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malgudi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malgudi (Hindi: मालगुडी, Marathi: मालगुडी) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Malgudi.
How Common Is The Last Name Malgudi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malgudi is the 2,909,720th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Malgudi live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 17,433,304. In India it is most common in: Karnataka, where 30 percent are found, Uttarkhand, where 30 percent are found and Delhi, where 11 percent are found. Other than India this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malgudi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malgudi in the Marathi language | ||
| मालगुडी | malagudi | - |
| Malgudi in the Hindi language | ||
| मालगुडी | malagudi | 66.67 |
| मलगुडी | malagudi | 22.22 |
| मलगुड़ी | malaguri | 11.11 |
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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 Malgudi
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