Surname Malay (Malay 
, Malai 
, Малай 
) , globally, is a common family name. The cognomen Malay is characteristic of Moldova, where it is quite a common surname, Myanmar, and Cyprus. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Myanmar, India, and Thailand. More frequently, Malay is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Malay | India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Turkey, Myanmar |
| Malai | India, Thailand, Moldova, Turkey, Myanmar |
| Малай | Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| Malais | India, United States, Romania, France, Philippines |
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charlie malay American baseball player (1879-1949), US (b. 1879) |
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| gonzalo malay PH (b. 1882) |
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| joe malay American baseball player, US (b. 1905) |
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| armando malay Filipino journalist, PH (b. 1914) |
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| mustafa malay TR (b. 1948) |
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| hasan malay TR (b. 1948) |
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| marni malay Indonesian politician (born 1963 in Padang), ID (b. 1963) |
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| maria celia malay Guamanian geneticist, US |
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| jessica malay historian |
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| kathryn naomi malay |
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| jessi malay (b. 1986) |
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