Malaam Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Malaam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Malaam (50) may also be a first name.
Malaam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malaam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malaam (Marathi: मलाएम) is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malaam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Malaam live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Malaam is also the 1,412,538th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 50 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Yobe, where 42 percent reside, Oyo, where 25 percent reside and Jigawa, where 8 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent reside and Algeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malaam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malaam in the Marathi language | ||
| मलाएम | mala'ema | - |
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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 Malaam
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