Malisa Surname
Approximately 15,732 people bear this surname
Malisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11,153 | 1:4,747 | 642 |
| South Africa | 599 | 1:90,447 | 11,085 |
| Indonesia | 598 | 1:221,152 | 20,655 |
| Uganda | 481 | 1:81,163 | 8,670 |
| Zambia | 471 | 1:33,652 | 3,412 |
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Ecuador | 367 | 1:43,340 | 4,442 |
| Thailand | 336 | 1:210,233 | 35,073 |
| Papua New Guinea | 328 | 1:24,859 | 2,752 |
| Philippines | 299 | 1:338,589 | 46,148 |
| Zimbabwe | 192 | 1:80,408 | 11,765 |
| Lesotho | 172 | 1:11,817 | 2,643 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mališa (51) are calculated separately.
Malisa (13,275) may also be a first name.
Malisa Demographics
Malisa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Malisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malisa (Bengali: মালীসা, Hindi: मलीसा, Marathi: माळीस, Oriya: ମାଲିସା, Russian: Малиса) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Mališa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malisa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malisa is the 33,739th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 463,231 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Malisa reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 50,546th most numerous first name on earth, held by 13,275 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 11,153 people, or 1 in 4,747. In Tanzania Malisa is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 37 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Malisa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Malisa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 6,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Malisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Malisa surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Malisa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.41% less than the national average, earning R 141,612 per year; in United States they earn 28.96% more than the national average, earning $55,645 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning $52,510 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malisa in the Bengali language | ||
| মালীসা | malisa | - |
| Malisa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଲିସା | malisa | 70.59 |
| ମଲିସା | malisa | 29.41 |
| Malisa in the Hindi language | ||
| मलीसा | malisa | 60 |
| मलिसा | malisa | 30 |
| मालिसा | malisa | 10 |
| Malisa in the Marathi language | ||
| माळीस | malisa | 50 |
| मािलसा | mailasa | 25 |
| मलीसा | malisa | 25 |
| Malisa in the Russian language | ||
| Малиса | malisa | - |
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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 Malisa
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