Malwes Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Malwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
Malwes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malwes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malwes has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Malwes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Malwes is the 4,427,875th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Malwes is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Malwes are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Malwes is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Malwes occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malwese | 92 | 9 | / |
| Mahlwes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Malves | 83 | 208 | / |
| Malues | 83 | 3 | / |
| Malbes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Malwis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meilwes | 77 | 139 | / |
| Malveis | 77 | 61 | / |
| Malvese | 77 | 27 | / |
| Malhues | 77 | 23 | / |
| Malvess | 77 | 16 | / |
| Malveus | 77 | 7 | / |
| Maluesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malbesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malwish | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malvies | 77 | 0 | / |
| Malwahiesh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matlewis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malbis | 67 | 548 | / |
| Malvez | 67 | 90 | / |
| Malvis | 67 | 80 | / |
| Malwic | 67 | 10 | / |
| Melves | 67 | 5 | / |
| Malbez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mattlewis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maluis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Molbes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Molues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malvec | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Malwes
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