Maelama Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Maelama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 90 | 1:784,870 | 127,251 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Maelama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maelama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maelama is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maelama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,955,159th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Maelama live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Tai-Asia.
The surname Maelama is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 784,870. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Narathiwat Province, where 64 percent live and Yala Province, where 36 percent live. Beside Thailand this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maelama
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