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 found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maligan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,839,022nd most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. Maligan is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Maligan are found; 87 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,467,136th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 47 people.

This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 1,717,522. In Indonesia Maligan is primarily found in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 99 percent are found and East Java, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent are found and Poland, where 5 percent are found.

Maligan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Maligan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Maligan last name increased 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Maligan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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
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  • 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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