Malik Surname
Approximately 2,286,730 people bear this surname
Malik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,334,790 | 1:575 | 61 |
| Pakistan | 398,164 | 1:449 | 66 |
| Sudan | 84,561 | 1:444 | 52 |
| Indonesia | 61,042 | 1:2,167 | 250 |
| Saudi Arabia | 57,121 | 1:540 | 28 |
| Afghanistan | 45,621 | 1:705 | 94 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34,558 | 1:265 | 18 |
| Egypt | 23,826 | 1:3,859 | 525 |
| England | 20,429 | 1:2,727 | 362 |
| Bangladesh | 19,916 | 1:8,001 | 709 |
| United States | 18,961 | 1:19,116 | 2,403 |
| Libya | 13,199 | 1:473 | 82 |
| Nigeria | 13,036 | 1:13,589 | 1,371 |
| Iraq | 12,534 | 1:2,794 | 333 |
| Ghana | 10,668 | 1:2,533 | 407 |
| Oman | 9,887 | 1:373 | 42 |
| Mozambique | 9,270 | 1:2,941 | 699 |
| Malaysia | 9,112 | 1:3,237 | 488 |
| Poland | 7,513 | 1:5,059 | 587 |
| Kuwait | 6,923 | 1:549 | 45 |
| Yemen | 6,893 | 1:3,834 | 573 |
| Sri Lanka | 6,286 | 1:3,310 | 468 |
| Russia | 5,982 | 1:24,093 | 3,409 |
| Canada | 5,764 | 1:6,392 | 942 |
| Kazakhstan | 4,762 | 1:3,713 | 489 |
| Philippines | 4,238 | 1:23,888 | 3,159 |
| South Sudan | 4,227 | 1:2,701 | 529 |
| Chad | 4,140 | 1:3,283 | 557 |
| Syria | 3,984 | 1:4,845 | 545 |
| Morocco | 3,783 | 1:9,113 | 1,238 |
| Germany | 3,735 | 1:21,554 | 2,860 |
| Qatar | 3,420 | 1:689 | 37 |
| Bahrain | 3,144 | 1:429 | 29 |
| Rwanda | 2,791 | 1:4,072 | 1,005 |
| Niger | 2,624 | 1:7,314 | 594 |
| Lebanon | 2,363 | 1:2,386 | 453 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Algeria | 1,925 | 1:20,068 | 3,693 |
| Tanzania | 1,695 | 1:31,234 | 3,697 |
| Australia | 1,468 | 1:18,389 | 2,566 |
| France | 1,376 | 1:48,272 | 6,256 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Czechia | 1,071 | 1:9,929 | 1,322 |
| Nepal | 913 | 1:31,195 | 1,193 |
| Israel | 696 | 1:12,295 | 1,879 |
| Spain | 677 | 1:69,058 | 6,161 |
| Austria | 655 | 1:13,001 | 1,867 |
| Scotland | 647 | 1:8,275 | 1,219 |
| Singapore | 612 | 1:9,000 | 492 |
| Thailand | 571 | 1:123,710 | 18,617 |
| South Africa | 513 | 1:105,610 | 12,761 |
| Jordan | 508 | 1:17,406 | 2,715 |
| Norway | 508 | 1:10,123 | 1,122 |
| Netherlands | 488 | 1:34,605 | 5,787 |
| Kenya | 451 | 1:102,394 | 8,916 |
| Hungary | 439 | 1:22,361 | 2,491 |
| Sweden | 404 | 1:24,373 | 1,981 |
| Denmark | 387 | 1:14,586 | 1,434 |
| Belarus | 354 | 1:26,839 | 4,638 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 334 | 1:17,882 | 3,169 |
| Mauritania | 306 | 1:13,382 | 1,284 |
| Wales | 298 | 1:10,384 | 1,154 |
| Uzbekistan | 283 | 1:109,290 | 6,663 |
| Burkina Faso | 275 | 1:66,735 | 2,586 |
| Brazil | 266 | 1:804,791 | 29,182 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Belgium | 248 | 1:46,357 | 7,529 |
| Slovakia | 246 | 1:21,693 | 3,502 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Japan | 234 | 1:546,343 | 15,118 |
| New Zealand | 230 | 1:19,688 | 3,459 |
| Iran | 222 | 1:345,867 | 23,255 |
| Ireland | 207 | 1:22,748 | 2,249 |
| Italy | 199 | 1:307,320 | 38,309 |
| Hong Kong | 197 | 1:37,236 | 652 |
| Zambia | 191 | 1:82,984 | 7,002 |
| Switzerland | 183 | 1:44,879 | 6,162 |
| Portugal | 170 | 1:61,284 | 3,295 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| China | 154 | 1:8,878,711 | 584 |
| Argentina | 151 | 1:283,069 | 22,733 |
| Brunei | 136 | 1:3,079 | 526 |
| Turkey | 135 | 1:576,455 | 31,373 |
| Palestine | 131 | 1:34,724 | 4,315 |
| Greece | 128 | 1:86,561 | 14,651 |
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Tunisia | 117 | 1:5,219 | 836 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Dominican Republic | 108 | 1:96,601 | 4,209 |
| Azerbaijan | 95 | 1:101,570 | 3,492 |
| Uganda | 84 | 1:464,753 | 27,435 |
| Moldova | 80 | 1:44,517 | 6,611 |
| Estonia | 69 | 1:19,157 | 3,287 |
| Latvia | 69 | 1:29,711 | 4,547 |
| Slovenia | 64 | 1:38,870 | 7,228 |
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| Mexico | 54 | 1:2,298,633 | 20,081 |
| Tajikistan | 51 | 1:164,445 | 1,713 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Finland | 48 | 1:114,515 | 11,267 |
| South Korea | 48 | 1:1,067,505 | 327 |
| Turkmenistan | 46 | 1:119,329 | 2,383 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Liberia | 42 | 1:104,965 | 8,284 |
| Maldives | 42 | 1:9,623 | 768 |
| Jamaica | 41 | 1:69,999 | 3,452 |
| Northern Ireland | 37 | 1:49,866 | 4,222 |
| Myanmar | 36 | 1:1,442,722 | 585 |
| Lithuania | 29 | 1:104,641 | 13,555 |
| Transnistria | 28 | 1:16,954 | 3,121 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Northern Cyprus | 21 | 1:15,191 | 3,865 |
| Serbia | 21 | 1:340,236 | 16,447 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| Armenia | 19 | 1:154,220 | 4,685 |
| Gibraltar | 19 | 1:1,787 | 420 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Bulgaria | 13 | 1:536,839 | 23,182 |
| Vietnam | 13 | 1:7,126,620 | 2,551 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| Romania | 10 | 1:2,007,787 | 54,092 |
| East Timor | 9 | 1:135,103 | 179 |
| North Macedonia | 9 | 1:233,497 | 14,572 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Anguilla | 8 | 1:1,680 | 152 |
| Belize | 8 | 1:44,434 | 2,498 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Georgia | 7 | 1:535,078 | 18,425 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Grenada | 4 | 1:27,134 | 1,180 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Malík (2,705), Málik (758), Mälik (2) & Mãlîk (1) are calculated separately.
Malik (796,935) may also be a first name.
Malik Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Russian, Polish) The small man.
User-submitted Reference
From Arabic origin of the verb "malaka" which means owned. Malik or Malek means "owner"
- adwan001This surname means 'king' or 'owner' in Arabic.
- binyaminMalik Demographics
Average Malik Salary in
United States
$50,027 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Malik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malik Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malik (Arabic: مليك, Bengali: মালিক, Georgian: მალიკ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻟﻚ, Hindi: मलिक, Marathi: मलीक, Oriya: ମଳିକ, Russian: Малик, Tibetan: མ་ལིག།) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Malík, Málik, Mälik or Mãlîk. Click here for other potential spellings of Malik.
How Common Is The Last Name Malik? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 230th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,187 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Malik are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Malik is also the 1,185th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 796,935 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 1,334,790 people, or 1 in 575. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Odisha, where 46 percent are found, West Bengal, where 37 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 4 percent are found. Beside India this surname is found in 185 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 17 percent are found and Sudan, where 4 percent are found.
Malik Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Malik has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Malik last name grew 111,535 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Malik Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Malik surname is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (92%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (67%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (28%) in Lebanon, Muslim (81%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Malik last name are 3.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.67% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Malik earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 81.59% less than the national average, earning €5,530 per year; in Norway they earn 19.3% less than the national average, earning 279,271 kr per year; in Peru they earn 127.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,140 per year; in South Africa they earn 23.34% more than the national average, earning R 293,100 per year; in United States they earn 15.94% more than the national average, earning $50,027 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.5% more than the national average, earning $54,898 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malik Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malik in the Georgian language | ||
| მალიკ | malik | - |
| Malik in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་ལིག། | malik | - |
| Malik in the Bengali language | ||
| মালিক | malika | 94.76 |
| মালীক | malika | 3.63 |
| মলিক | malika | 0.81 |
| মালেক | maleka | 0.4 |
| Malik in the Marathi language | ||
| मलीक | malika | 85.09 |
| मािलक | mailaka | 7.57 |
| मळीक | malika | 1.26 |
| मालीक | malika | 0.8 |
| माळीक | malika | 0.49 |
| लीक | lika | 0.18 |
| मलक | malaka | 0.14 |
| मला | mala | 0.1 |
| मणी | mani | 0.07 |
| माणीक | manika | 0.07 |
| मालक | malaka | 0.05 |
| गालीक | galika | 0.05 |
| मल | mala | 0.05 |
| अलीम | alima | 0.03 |
| मरी | mari | 0.03 |
| आलोक | aloka | 0.03 |
| अतीक | atika | 0.03 |
| मनी | mani | 0.03 |
| माला | mala | 0.03 |
| अलका | alaka | 0.03 |
| काळी | kali | 0.02 |
| मलिक | malika | 0.02 |
| अतीका | atika | 0.02 |
| मनीक | manika | 0.02 |
| मऴीक | malika | 0.02 |
| आलीया | aliya | 0.02 |
| वली | vali | 0.02 |
| गली | gali | 0.02 |
| अलाि | alai | 0.02 |
| मालील | malila | 0.02 |
| मळी़क | malika | 0.02 |
| मालीना | malina | 0.02 |
| मदी | madi | 0.02 |
| अलीसा | alisa | 0.02 |
| मलिक् | malik | 0.02 |
| आसीक | asika | 0.02 |
| पाली | pali | 0.01 |
| वालीक | valika | 0.01 |
| माळी | mali | 0.01 |
| शैक | saika | 0.01 |
| मलीका | malika | 0.01 |
| मसी | masi | 0.01 |
| शालीक | salika | 0.01 |
| Malik in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻟﻚ | malk | 84.81 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻟﻚ | almalk | 9.49 |
| ﻣﺎﻟﻴﻚ | malyk | 5.7 |
| Malik in the Hindi language | ||
| मलिक | malika | 84.39 |
| मालिक | malika | 14.12 |
| मलीक | malika | 0.95 |
| मालीक | malika | 0.27 |
| मनिक | manika | 0.01 |
| मलिका | malika | 0.01 |
| मलिम | malima | 0 |
| आलिक | alika | 0 |
| मालीका | malika | 0 |
| मलिक़ | maliqa | 0 |
| मलिद | malida | 0 |
| मुलिक | mulika | 0 |
| मकि | maki | 0 |
| मलिज | malija | 0 |
| गाजी | gaji | 0 |
| ़मालिक | malika | 0 |
| मिलिक | milika | 0 |
| तलिक | talika | 0 |
| मलिग | maliga | 0 |
| ़मलिक | malika | 0 |
| कलिक | kalika | 0 |
| मल़िक | malika | 0 |
| लिक | lika | 0 |
| मलि | mali | 0 |
| मा़लिक | malika | 0 |
| Malik in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଳିକ | malika | 77.85 |
| ମଲିକ | malika | 19.49 |
| ମଲୀକ | malika | 0.39 |
| ମଳୀକ | malika | 0.28 |
| ମଲିକ୍ | malik | 0.15 |
| ମାଲିକ | malika | 0.12 |
| ମଳିକ୍ | malik | 0.05 |
| ମାଳିକ | malika | 0.02 |
| ବାରିକ | barika | 0.01 |
| ମାଲିକ୍ | malik | 0.01 |
| ମଲିକା | malika | 0.01 |
| ମଳିକା | malika | 0 |
| ବଇ | ba'i | 0 |
| ମାତି | mati | 0 |
| େସାଲି | esali | 0 |
| ମଲୀ | mali | 0 |
| ମଳକ | malaka | 0 |
| ଜାଟି | jati | 0 |
| ରାଇି | raii | 0 |
| ଡାଳି | dali | 0 |
| େଶାଲି | esali | 0 |
| ପତି | pati | 0 |
| ସାନି | sani | 0 |
| ଚଳା | cala | 0 |
| ପାଣୀ | pani | 0 |
| କାଳ | kala | 0 |
| ମୁଳି | muli | 0 |
| ଜଳ | jala | 0 |
| ରାଇକା | ra'ika | 0 |
| ଡଲି | dali | 0 |
| ମାଇ | ma'i | 0 |
| ବାରୀ | bari | 0 |
| କାଳିି | kalii | 0 |
| ଜାଳି | jali | 0 |
| ପଳାଇ | pala'i | 0 |
| ମଲକି | malaki | 0 |
| ଚଲୁକୁ | caluku | 0 |
| ପାଣି | pani | 0 |
| ମାଣିକ | manika | 0 |
| କାଲା | kala | 0 |
| ଜତି | jati | 0 |
| ସାଲି | sali | 0 |
| ଶଶୀକା | sasika | 0 |
| ରାଇ | ra'i | 0 |
| ମାିର୍ | mair | 0 |
| ଜାରିକା | jarika | 0 |
| ଗାୁଲି | gauli | 0 |
| ରଜି | raji | 0 |
| ମାଲୀକ୍ | malik | 0 |
| ମଲ | mala | 0 |
| ନାଇକ | na'ika | 0 |
| ମଲିକି | maliki | 0 |
| ବାଲୀକି | baliki | 0 |
| ସତୀ | sati | 0 |
| ମାମି | mami | 0 |
| ମତି | mati | 0 |
| ଶଶିକା | sasika | 0 |
| ପାଇକ | pa'ika | 0 |
| ରବୀ | rabi | 0 |
| ପାତି | pati | 0 |
| ନାଳି | nali | 0 |
| େହାଲୀ | ehali | 0 |
| ଷଡି | sadi | 0 |
| କାଳିକା | kalika | 0 |
| ଆଦିକ | adika | 0 |
| ମଳକ୍ | malak | 0 |
| ଜାଡି | jadi | 0 |
| ପଲାଇ | pala'i | 0 |
| ମମି | mami | 0 |
| ରାଣି | rani | 0 |
| ନଲିକ | nalika | 0 |
| ମାେଲକ୍ | maelak | 0 |
| ମାଗି | magi | 0 |
| ପାଲା | pala | 0 |
| ସଜି | saji | 0 |
| ମାନି | mani | 0 |
| ଶଶି | sasi | 0 |
| ଅିକା | aika | 0 |
| ପାଲ | pala | 0 |
| ଅଜିତ୍ | ajit | 0 |
| କଳି | kali | 0 |
| ସାରି | sari | 0 |
| ମଲ୍ୀକ | malika | 0 |
| ପଦି | padi | 0 |
| ମଳୢକ | malaka | 0 |
| ହରି | hari | 0 |
| ମଲ୍ିକ | malika | 0 |
| ମଣି | mani | 0 |
| ମଲୢକ | malaka | 0 |
| ବଳ | bala | 0 |
| ମଳିକି | maliki | 0 |
| ମାଲୀକ | malika | 0 |
| କାଳି | kali | 0 |
| ଜୟି | jayi | 0 |
| ଦଳାଇ | dala'i | 0 |
| ମଳି | mali | 0 |
| ରବି | rabi | 0 |
| ମଲୀକ୍ | malik | 0 |
| ମଲି | mali | 0 |
| ବାସି | basi | 0 |
| ମଲୀକା | malika | 0 |
| Malik in the Russian language | ||
| Малик | malik | - |
| Malik in the Arabic language | ||
| مليك | mlyk | - |
| مالك | malk | - |
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