Malten Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Malten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1661:484,97341,888
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Denmark231:245,42219,084
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
England41:13,929,515290,718
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

The alternate forms: Maltén (13) are calculated separately.

Malten (12) may also be a first name.

Malten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Malten is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Maltén. For other potential spellings of Malten click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Malten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,017,412th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Malten reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Malten is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 484,973. In Germany Malten is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 26 percent reside and Bavaria, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Denmark, where 9 percent reside.

Malten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Malten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Malten surname grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Malten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Malten last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

Malten earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.31% less than the national average, earning $35,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maltén9413/
Malteen921/
Malteng921/
Maulten920/
Mailten920/
Maltn911/
Maalteng861/
Maulteen860/
Maltin83346/
Molten83157/
Maltyn832/
Maltem831/
Maltenová801/
Molthen77258/
Maltina7790/
Malting7787/
Moulten7721/
Moolten7717/
Malthne776/
Mealtin775/
Matiltn774/
Moltien771/
Maltion770/
Moltn731/
Moulteen711/
Moultien710/
Maltim67287/
Moltin6715/
Moslåtten678/
Moultn674/
Molttn672/
Maltynova671/
Maltinova671/
Moltem670/
Moltina6256/
Moltion6229/
Moultin625/
Moultne623/
Moiltin621/
Moulting570/

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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
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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 Malten
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