Throughout the world, มะละกา (Malaka 
, Mapaka 
, มะละกา 
) is a common epicene forename. The forename มะละกา is habitual in Sri Lanka, where it is quite a common male name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare principally female, but scarcely male name, and Lebanon, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Sri Lanka, and Egypt. Also, มะละกา is the last name as well as the forename.