Maltez Surname
Approximately 9,816 people bear this surname
Maltez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 4,376 | 1:1,376 | 262 |
| Portugal | 1,236 | 1:8,429 | 753 |
| Brazil | 1,194 | 1:179,292 | 6,918 |
| United States | 673 | 1:538,572 | 44,670 |
| Argentina | 556 | 1:76,877 | 6,523 |
| El Salvador | 532 | 1:11,925 | 735 |
| Panama | 262 | 1:14,932 | 1,130 |
| Chile | 201 | 1:87,644 | 3,393 |
| Costa Rica | 163 | 1:29,326 | 861 |
| Guatemala | 137 | 1:117,392 | 3,111 |
| Honduras | 135 | 1:65,307 | 1,405 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Venezuela | 36 | 1:839,002 | 13,477 |
| Uruguay | 32 | 1:107,242 | 10,337 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Serbia | 23 | 1:310,650 | 15,551 |
| Montenegro | 14 | 1:45,683 | 3,117 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Maltež (41), Maltéz (5) & Maltêz (2) are calculated separately.
Maltez (54) may also be a first name.
Maltez Demographics
Average Maltez Salary in
United States
$39,129 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Maltez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maltez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maltez (Russian: Мальтез) occurs in Nicaragua more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Maltež, Maltéz or Maltêz. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maltez? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,178th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 742,415 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Maltez live; 57 percent live in Central America and 57 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Maltez is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 54 people.
The last name Maltez is most commonly held in Nicaragua, where it is carried by 4,376 people, or 1 in 1,376. In Nicaragua it is most frequent in: Managua Department, where 50 percent live, Masaya Department, where 11 percent live and Granada Department, where 10 percent live. Beside Nicaragua this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 12 percent live.
Maltez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Maltez has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Maltez last name increased 33,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Maltez Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Maltez surname are 43.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.77% registered with the party.
The amount Maltez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.36% less than the national average, earning 227,178 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 140.66% more than the national average, earning R 571,908 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.59% more than the national average, earning $28,739,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.32% less than the national average, earning $39,129 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.92% more than the national average, earning $56,597 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maltez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maltez in the Russian language | ||
| Мальтез | maltez | - |
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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 Maltez
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