Malua Surname
Approximately 3,259 people bear this surname
Malua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,040 | 1:71,038 | 8,316 |
| Colombia | 666 | 1:71,733 | 3,104 |
| India | 497 | 1:1,543,391 | 57,577 |
| Samoa | 284 | 1:682 | 204 |
| Tanzania | 147 | 1:360,147 | 26,649 |
| Papua New Guinea | 130 | 1:62,721 | 8,130 |
| Nigeria | 129 | 1:1,373,200 | 53,624 |
| Kenya | 88 | 1:524,772 | 26,127 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Solomon Islands | 48 | 1:12,084 | 2,184 |
| Ecuador | 38 | 1:418,575 | 10,137 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Malua (1,888) may also be a first name.
Malua Demographics
Malua Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Malua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malua (Georgian: მალუა, Hindi: मलुआ, Marathi: मालु, Oriya: ମାଳୁଆ) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 137,487th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,236,129 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Malua reside; 32 percent reside in Central Africa and 32 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 174,971st most widely held given name globally It is held by 1,888 people.
Malua is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,040 people, or 1 in 71,038. Aside from The DR Congo Malua occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 20 percent reside and India, where 15 percent reside.
Malua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Malua has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Malua surname increased 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Malua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Malua earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 41.06% less than the national average, earning $13,380,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 22.54% less than the national average, earning $33,423 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malua in the Georgian language | ||
| მალუა | malua | - |
| Malua in the Marathi language | ||
| मालु | malu | - |
| Malua in the Hindi language | ||
| मलुआ | malu'a | 92.08 |
| मलूआ | malu'a | 4.72 |
| मालुआ | malu'a | 3.02 |
| Malua in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଳୁଆ | malu'a | 42.56 |
| ମଲୁଆ | malu'a | 35.99 |
| ମାଲୁଆ | malu'a | 11.76 |
| ମଳୁଆ | malu'a | 8.3 |
| ମାଳୂଆ | malu'a | 0.35 |
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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 Malua
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