Malmu Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Malmu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malmu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Malmu (24) may also be a first name.

Malmu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malmu occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malmu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Malmu is the 4,206,983rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Malmu reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.

It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Malmu is most frequent in: Morobe, where 67 percent are found, Madang, where 29 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 5 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malmud91118/
Malmau9189/
Malmus9137/
Malmut9132/
Malmou914/
Mallmu911/
Mailemu8381/
Malmuth8364/
Malmoux8343/
Malmaud837/
Malmoud837/
Malmous834/
Maalmou831/
Mahlmud831/
Mailmou831/
Malmaut831/
Molmu8037/
Mailemou7722/
Malmhult777/
Malmouss774/
Malmouth770/
Molmou733,602/
Malmoe7346/
Molmud7311/
Mollmu731/
Moulmou671/
Moulmoud621/
Moulmout621/
Molmoe552/

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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 Malmu
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