Mallea is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mallea
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mallea

How popular is Mallea?

Mallea is common in Argentina.

Mallea is ranked 50699 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Malleas grew by 9.090909 per cent to 216 since 2000 and ranked 86314 after elevating 1034 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 55.09 52.53
White 43.52 43.43
Mallea is quite popular family name mostly used in Chile while Bolivia is ahead in terms of density. Around 9357 people have been found who wears Mallea as their family name. Mallea is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
14,408 Uruguay2
19,093 Finland2
31,207 Ireland1
2,190 Barbados1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
279,271 Australia1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
77,122 Sweden1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
126,462 England22
536,142 India13
171,702 Canada12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
Countries with hundreds of Mallea:
5,933 Peru399
76,535 United States315
3,874 Ecuador253
15,693 Spain208
71,478 France135
Countries with thousands of Mallea:
787 Chile2,779
641 Bolivia2,676
1,950 Argentina2,434
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer Antonio Mallea from Olivadi, Italy aboard the Stura from Naples. He is registered to be 47 years old when he arrived in Town-Island on May 9, 1892. Giovanni Mallea (2 months old), Maria Mallea (22), Raff. Mallea, aged 23, are other Mallea that migrated to US.

Comments

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Alex Musson
 The origin of the name is Basque there are several possibilities for this etymological name - either it comes from malha word meaning the soil damp, fertile, loamy - whether it comes from the word meaning maila: field terrace in this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Mallea Namesakes

  • Alejo Mallea, Politician
  • Eduardo Mallea, Essayist

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