Malunje Surname
Approximately 647 people bear this surname
Malunje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 549 | 1:31,182 | 4,677 |
| India | 95 | 1:8,074,372 | 169,494 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Malunje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malunje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malunje (Marathi: माळुंजे) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Malunje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malunje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malunje is the 506,723rd most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Malunje live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Aside from Malawi Malunje occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent reside and Croatia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malunje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malunje in the Marathi language | ||
| माळुंजे | malunje | 57.35 |
| मालुंजे | malunje | 13.24 |
| माळूंजे | malunje | 13.24 |
| माळूजे | maluje | 5.88 |
| मालंुजे | malamuje | 2.94 |
| मलुंजे | malunje | 1.47 |
| माळूनजे | malunaje | 1.47 |
| माळंजे | malanje | 1.47 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Malunje
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