Musaliyar Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Musaliyar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musaliyar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3921:1,956,79967,598
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Musaliyar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Musaliyar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Musaliyar (Marathi: मुसलीयार) is found most frequently in India. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Musaliyar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musaliyar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Musaliyar is the 723,769th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Musaliyar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 1,956,799. In India it is primarily found in: Kerala, where 92 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 6 percent are found and Lakshadweep, where 2 percent are found. Besides India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Musaaliyar9539/
Mussaliyar958/
Mujaliyar894/
Musalayar892/
Muzaliyar891/
Moosaliyar841/
Musalier822/
Moosaaliyar801/
Moussalier741/
Muzalier7110/
Moussallier708/
Mosalajar671/
Musselouer530/

Musaliyar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musaliyar in the Marathi language
मुसलीयारmusaliyara88.24
मुसिलयारmusilayara11.76

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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 Musaliyar
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