Malira Surname
Approximately 1,877 people bear this surname
Malira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,683 | 1:43,898 | 5,342 |
| Papua New Guinea | 123 | 1:66,290 | 8,647 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Malira (934) may also be a first name.
Malira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malira (Georgian: მალირა, Hindi: मलीरा, Marathi: मलीरा, Russian: Малира) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Malira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 218,263rd most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,882,550 people. Malira is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Malira reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Malira is also the 264,552nd most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 934 people.
The surname Malira is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,683 people, or 1 in 43,898. Not including The DR Congo it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malira in the Georgian language | ||
| მალირა | malira | - |
| Malira in the Marathi language | ||
| मलीरा | malira | - |
| Malira in the Hindi language | ||
| मलीरा | malira | 60 |
| मलिरा | malira | 20 |
| मालिरा | malira | 20 |
| Malira in the Russian language | ||
| Малира | malira | - |
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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 Malira
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