Maligan Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Maligan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia771:1,717,522111,746
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Maligan (47) may also be a first name.

Maligan Last Name Facts

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

Maligan (Marathi: मालीगां) is most common in Indonesia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maligan.

How Common Is The Last Name Maligan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Maligan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Maligan reside; 87 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 78 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Maligan is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 47 people.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 1,717,522. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 99 percent reside and East Java, where 1 percent reside. Not including Indonesia Maligan exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 9 percent reside and Poland, where 5 percent reside.

Maligan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Maligan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Maligan surname rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Maligan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Maligan surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Maligan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maligan in the Marathi language
मालीगांmaligam50
मलीगंmaligam50

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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 Maligan
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