Málaga Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Málaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 89 | 1:525,304 | 25,940 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Bolivia | 12 | 1:884,703 | 4,698 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Malaga (20,641) & Màlaga (9) are calculated separately.
Málaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Málaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Málaga is more frequently found in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Malaga or Màlaga. Click here to see other possible spellings of Málaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Málaga? popularity and diffusion
Málaga is the 1,459,453rd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Málaga is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Málaga are found; 62 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 525,304. In Spain Málaga is primarily concentrated in: Andalusia, where 63 percent are found, Madrid, where 24 percent are found and Castile and León, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Spain this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 10 percent are found and Bolivia, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Málaga
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