Mela Forename
16,846th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 55,754 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Fiji
Mela Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 70% | 22,851 | 1:53,165 | 7,075 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 14,696 | 1:17,553 | 2,511 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9,594 | 1:10,169 | 1,511 |
| Philippines | 97% | 1,381 | 1:76,763 | 4,750 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 1,052 | 1:168,787 | 7,763 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 952 | 1:77,550 | 4,413 |
| United States | 100% | 862 | 1:420,577 | 11,767 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76% | 382 | 1:21,341 | 2,135 |
| Egypt | 100% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Zambia | - | 281 | 1:56,423 | 3,380 |
| Nepal | 57% | 229 | 1:124,399 | 6,361 |
| Afghanistan | 98% | 220 | 1:148,289 | 4,298 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 212 | 1:26,545 | 1,767 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 187 | 1:1,039,346 | 18,070 |
| Italy | 97% | 175 | 1:348,926 | 4,162 |
| Tanzania | 53% | 169 | 1:312,357 | 10,720 |
| Ivory Coast | 81% | 152 | 1:151,815 | 8,189 |
| Peru | 100% | 125 | 1:254,332 | 5,998 |
| Syria | - | 102 | 1:189,275 | 2,299 |
| Iraq | 100% | 82 | 1:427,047 | 5,132 |
| Mexico | 100% | 80 | 1:1,551,805 | 10,326 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 79 | 1:90,532 | 7,429 |
| Germany | 100% | 76 | 1:1,272,077 | 8,963 |
| Haiti | 100% | 76 | 1:141,144 | 7,093 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 69 | 1:441,303 | 20,000 |
| England | 87% | 48 | 1:1,158,394 | 18,168 |
| Cambodia | 68% | 47 | 1:346,241 | 8,696 |
| South Africa | 71% | 44 | 1:1,239,378 | 43,908 |
| Canada | 100% | 40 | 1:828,334 | 17,935 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 36 | 1:660,269 | 31,946 |
| Honduras | 100% | 33 | 1:267,196 | 5,436 |
| Panama | 100% | 30 | 1:130,219 | 5,854 |
| Turkey | 85% | 28 | 1:2,778,632 | 16,815 |
| Zimbabwe | 78% | 26 | 1:593,224 | 25,219 |
| Australia | - | 24 | 1:569,068 | 8,566 |
| Niger | 63% | 23 | 1:834,087 | 13,992 |
| Spain | - | 21 | 1:2,215,713 | 12,163 |
| Russia | 88% | 19 | 1:7,591,248 | 31,825 |
| Sweden | 100% | 17 | 1:579,877 | 14,075 |
| Armenia | 100% | 14 | 1:208,482 | 3,697 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 14 | 1:292,517 | 7,461 |
| Thailand | 100% | 14 | 1:5,004,701 | 92,981 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 14 | 1:2,157,278 | 37,130 |
| Uganda | 80% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| China | - | 12 | 1:113,837,982 | 65,289 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| France | - | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| Albania | 100% | 9 | 1:338,508 | 14,218 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Marshall Islands | 89% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 8 | 1:440,557 | 4,640 |
| Brazil | 100% | 8 | 1:26,779,519 | 235,888 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Belarus | 67% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Chile | 100% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Greece | - | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3 | 1:5,634,028 | 29,480 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Burkina Faso | 50% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 87% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Mèla (412), Méla (6), Mêla (1) & Melã (1) are calculated separately.
Mela (18,313) may also be a surname.
Mela Forename Popularity
Mela Demographics
Mela Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 126 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Mela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mela in the Russian language | ||
| Мела | mela | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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