Malinja Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Malinja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malinja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Malinja (32) may also be a first name.

Malinja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malinja has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malinja? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Malinja are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 60 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 32 people.

The surname is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Johor, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Malaysia Malinja is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Malinja
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