Ureuëng Meulayu[7][8] saboh nan nyang jiwoë ateuëh saboh kawôm manusia nyang kri saban utamajih nakeuh geumeututô ngon bahsa Meulayu. Neuduëk ureuëng Meulayu nyan nyang paléng ramè nakeuh di Malaysia, pasi timu Sumatra, silingka pasi Kalimantan, Thailand blah rot tunong, seureuta na cit bak pulo-pulo ban sipanyang Seulat Malaka ngon Seulat Karimata. Di neugara Indônèsia, jumeulah bansa Meulayu nakeuh 15% nibak mandum populasi, ureuëng nyan ramè geuduëk di propinsi Sumatra Barôh, Riau, Pulo-pulo Riau, Jambi, Sumatra Seulatan, Bangka Belitung ngon Kalimantan Barat.[9] La'én nibak di Nusantara, bansa Meulayu na cit di Sri Lanka, Pulo-pulo Cocos (Keeling) (Cocos Malays), ngon Afrika Seulatan (Cape Malays).

Bansa Melayu
Tunku Abdul RahmanAzizulhasni AwangEnrique of MalaccaHamzah HazHang TuahHassanal Bolkiah of BruneiLatMahathir MohamadSalomaSiti NurhalizaSurin PitsuwanSheikh Muszaphar ShukorYunalis Zarai
baréh 1: Tunku Abdul RahmanAzizulhasni AwangEnrique of MalaccaHamzah Haz

baréh 2: Hang TuahHassanal BolkiahLatMahathir Muhammad
baréh 3: SalomaSiti NurhalizaSurin Pitsuwan

baréh 4: ParameswaraSheikh Muszaphar ShukorYunalis ZaraiZeti Akhtar Aziz
Jumeulah populasi

2010: Keunira 27,8 juta.

Wilayah nyang neuduëk populasi leubèh le
Brunei, Indônèsia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapura,
Ureuëng duëk mayoritas
Malaysia 15 juta (Keunira 2006) [1]
Brunei 0.25 juta (Keunira 2006) [2]
Ureuëng duëk minoritas
Indônèsia 8,8 juta (Keunira 2010) [3][4]
Thailand 7.9 juta (Keunira 2006) [5]
Singapura 0.65 juta (Sensus 2000) [6]
Bahsa
Bahsa Indônèsia, Bahsa Meulayu, Bahsa Meulayu Bengkulu, Bahsa Meulayu Jambi,Bahsa Meulayu Palembang, Bahsa Meulayu Riau, Bahsa Meulayu Pontianak, Bahsa Meulayu Kedah, Bahsa Meulayu Brunei, Bahsa Meulayu Kelantan, Bahsa Meulayu Terengganu, Bahsa Meulayu Sarawak
Agama
Islam
Kawan bansa nyang toë
Acèh, Minangkabau, Banjar, Kerinci
Ureuëng inong Meulayu di Kutai nyang geuturi bak curak boh langgôi (litografiC. F. Kelley nibak gamba lé Carl Bock, thôn 1887)

Nè seunurat

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  2. ^ CIA - The World Factbook - Brunei
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  4. ^ Angka diperoleh berdasarkan persentase Melayu pada sensus 2000 dan total populasi Indonesia pada sensus tahun 2010
  5. ^ http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+th0052)
  6. ^ Singapore: Population Size and GrowthPDF (23.8 KiB)
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