Malana
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Malana is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Ibanag Malana.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.7M
- MTMalta≈1 in 52K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 168 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Ibanag Malana.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Malana 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Malana | 52 |
| US United States | 197 | 1 in 1.7M | 985 | Malana | 168 |
| IT Italy | ≈52 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Malana | 3 |
| CA Canada | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 734K | — | Malana | 25 |
| IN India | 31 | 1 in 43M | 31 | Malana | 8 |
| SG Singapore | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 388K | — | Malana | 8 |
| MT Malta | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Malana | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Malana is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, var of Malona.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In ibg, a surname from Ibanag
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, A surname in Ibanag
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In asl, man, male; husband
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Latvian, pilsēta Indonēzijā, Javas salā, Austrumjavas provincē, 773200 iedzīvotāju (2005. g.)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 216 | #91,558 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 197 | #93,125 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 159 | #104,257 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 31 | #60,445 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #24,518 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Malana mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Ibanag Malana. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Malana have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.6 thousand people named Malana in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled malana.
- How common is the name Malana?
- In the United States, the national register counted 197 people named Malana in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/malanaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Malana”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.