Malifu Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Jordan

Malifu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malifu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Malifu (439) may also be a first name.

Malifu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malifu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Malifu occurs most in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Malifu.

How Common Is The Last Name Malifu? popularity and diffusion

Malifu is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Malifu are found; 33 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 409,203rd most frequently held forename at a global level It is held by 439 people.

The surname Malifu is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia Malifu is most frequent in: Southeast Sulawesi, where 60 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 40 percent reside. Beside Indonesia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malaifu921/
Malifut921/
Malifaud8635/
Malufu83621/
Malefu83607/
Mallifaud805/
Malufau7760/
Mahlefu773/
'Malefu773/
Malefou772/
Mallefu771/
Malefeu771/
Mahalufu714/
Malleafu711/
Mahalefu711/
Molefu673/
Molufu671/
Maillefaud63326/
Molefeu621/
Motlefu621/
Meleafeu571/

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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 Malifu
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