Málua

given name · Latin script

Málua is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 210K(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 5.1M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

34 people, 2022

Sources
20 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 210K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Malua in BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Málua counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Málua is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil341 in 6.2M34Malua11
DK Denmark281 in 210K28——
CZ Czechia21 in 5.4M2——
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——
CR Costa Rica11 in 5.1M1—1

34 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); MVČR — living population register 2017; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Málua is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Malua, Maluá

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Malua

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Málua under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Málua a male or female name?
Málua is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Málua have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 34 people named Málua, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled malua.
Where is Málua most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Málua is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 210 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Málua?
In Brazil, the national register counted 34 people named Málua in 2022, about 1 in 6.2 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Málua”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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