Markelia Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Abkhazia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Markelia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Markelia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Abkhazia1151:2,112506
Georgia241:156,06410,700
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Markelia (64) may also be a first name.

Markelia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Markelia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Markelia (Georgian: მარკელია, Russian: Маркелиа) is held by more people in Abkhazia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Markelia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,409,418th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Markelia is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Markelia are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Abkhazo-West Asia. It is also the 1,223,525th most common forename at a global level, borne by 64 people.

It is most numerous in Abkhazia, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 2,112. In Abkhazia Markelia is most common in: Gali District, where 49 percent live, Ochamchira District, where 33 percent live and Sukhumi District, where 10 percent live. Beside Abkhazia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Georgia, where 16 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Markelia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Markelia in the Georgian language
მარკელიაmarkelia-
Markelia in the Russian language
Маркелиаmarkelia-

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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 Markelia
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