Maelah Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Maelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 132 | 1:1,001,888 | 73,451 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Maelah (475) may also be a first name.
Maelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maelah is most common in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maelah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name Maelah is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Maelah live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 390,402nd most common first name internationally It is held by 475 people.
The last name Maelah is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 1,001,888. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 73 percent are found, Central Java, where 17 percent are found and Banten, where 7 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maelah
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