Mealem Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Mealem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Meàlem (1) are calculated separately.
Mealem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mealem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mealem has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can also appear in the variant forms: Meàlem. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mealem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 38 percent of Mealem live; 25 percent live in North Africa and 25 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname Mealem is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 35,319,172. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Chiang Mai Province, where 50 percent reside and Pattani Province, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Thailand it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Algeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Mealem
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