Malniece Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Malniece Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malniece Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia2411:8,5061,251
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Mālniece (4) are calculated separately.

Malniece Last Name Facts

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

Malniece is found most frequently in Latvia. It may appear as a variant: Mālniece. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malniece? popularity and diffusion

Malniece is the 1,020,242nd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. Malniece occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Malniece live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 8,506. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Vidzeme, where 43 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 38 percent live and Latgale, where 7 percent live. Excluding Latvia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mālniece964/
Molniece882/
Malnace8013/
Malnica803/
Maalnica752/
Malnieka751/
Mailnasee711/
Malnesa676/
Malnase671/
Malnisa671/
Molnieka631/
Malnesha630/
Malinnesa593/

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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 Malniece
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