Malwe Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Malwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 178 | 1:4,309,356 | 113,912 |
| Kenya | 35 | 1:1,319,426 | 35,360 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Malwé (1) are calculated separately.
Malwe (12) may also be a first name.
Malwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malwe (Marathi: माळवे) is found most frequently in India. It can also be rendered as a variant: Malwé. Click here for further possible spellings of Malwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Malwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 933,049th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of Malwe reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous given name internationally, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 4,309,356. In India Malwe is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 85 percent reside, Goa, where 3 percent reside and Haryana, where 2 percent reside. Excluding India it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 12 percent reside and Zambia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malwe in the Marathi language | ||
| माळवे | malave | 60.92 |
| मालवे | malave | 24.14 |
| माळवॅ | malave | 8.05 |
| मलवे | malave | 6.9 |
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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 Malwe
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