Malija Surname
Approximately 998 people bear this surname
Malija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Tanzania | 420 | 1:126,051 | 11,865 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Malija (250) may also be a first name.
Malija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malija (Marathi: मालीजा, Oriya: ମଲିଜା) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malija? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 362,265th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,302,150 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Malija reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Malija is also the 563,826th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 250 people.
The last name Malija is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 42 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malija in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଲିଜା | malija | - |
| Malija in the Marathi language | ||
| मालीजा | malija | 40 |
| माळीजा | malija | 40 |
| मळीजा | malija | 10 |
| मलीजा | malija | 10 |
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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 Malija
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