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 is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Meàlem. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mealem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 38 percent of Mealem reside; 25 percent reside in North Africa and 25 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 35,319,172. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Chiang Mai Province, where 50 percent are found and Pattani Province, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Thailand this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Algeria, where 13 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
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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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