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
The surname Malija (Marathi: मालीजा, Oriya: ମଲିଜା) is most common in Malawi. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malija? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 362,265th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 7,302,150 people. Malija is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Malija are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 563,826th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 250 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 523 people, or 1 in 32,733. Other than Malawi this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs 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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