Mela Surname
Approximately 18,313 people bear this surname
Mela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,816 | 1:62,906 | 4,647 |
| Italy | 1,567 | 1:39,028 | 7,017 |
| DR Congo | 1,443 | 1:51,199 | 6,180 |
| Panama | 1,392 | 1:2,811 | 381 |
| Tanzania | 1,353 | 1:39,129 | 4,483 |
| India | 1,209 | 1:634,463 | 30,149 |
| Greece | 1,054 | 1:10,512 | 1,355 |
| Indonesia | 1,013 | 1:130,552 | 13,072 |
| Pakistan | 826 | 1:216,276 | 5,138 |
| Thailand | 726 | 1:97,298 | 13,841 |
| Argentina | 681 | 1:62,766 | 5,359 |
| France | 575 | 1:115,518 | 17,391 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Poland | 424 | 1:89,643 | 13,810 |
| South Africa | 397 | 1:136,468 | 15,793 |
| Cameroon | 352 | 1:59,003 | 7,595 |
| Papua New Guinea | 228 | 1:35,762 | 4,262 |
| Mexico | 223 | 1:556,620 | 9,555 |
| Chile | 211 | 1:83,490 | 3,286 |
| Spain | 185 | 1:252,714 | 16,124 |
| Finland | 175 | 1:31,410 | 4,159 |
| Brazil | 137 | 1:1,562,586 | 51,889 |
| Lebanon | 133 | 1:42,384 | 3,803 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Niger | 56 | 1:342,715 | 9,958 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| Uruguay | 35 | 1:98,050 | 9,677 |
| Cyprus | 34 | 1:26,026 | 2,877 |
| Haiti | 33 | 1:323,755 | 10,333 |
| Solomon Islands | 32 | 1:18,126 | 3,487 |
| Romania | 28 | 1:717,067 | 48,956 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 1:1,339,716 | 11,412 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Colombia | 22 | 1:2,171,549 | 12,645 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Albania | 16 | 1:182,128 | 12,899 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| Taiwan | 13 | 1:1,803,442 | 11,840 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Méla (21) & Mêla (1) are calculated separately.
Mela (55,754) may also be a first name.
Mela Demographics
Average Mela Salary in
Canada
$59,048 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Mela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mela (Bengali: মেলা, Georgian: მელა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻪ, Hindi: मेला, Marathi: मेला, Oriya: େମଳା, Russian: Мела) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Méla or Mêla. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,296th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 397,944 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 37 percent of Mela live; 16 percent live in West Africa and 15 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 16,846th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 55,754 people.
Mela is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,816 people, or 1 in 62,906. In Nigeria Mela is most prevalent in: Gombe, where 36 percent reside, Benue, where 26 percent reside and Taraba, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Mela exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Mela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (83%) in Lebanon.
The amount Mela earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 20.85% less than the national average, earning €23,768 per year; in South Africa they earn 43.25% less than the national average, earning R 134,868 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.36% more than the national average, earning $26,642,800 COP per year and in Canada they earn 18.85% more than the national average, earning $59,048 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mela in the Georgian language | ||
| მელა | mela | - |
| Mela in the Hindi language | ||
| मेला | mela | 99.02 |
| मीला | mila | 0.37 |
| ंएल | mela | 0.12 |
| Mela in the Marathi language | ||
| मेला | mela | 97.5 |
| मेळा | mela | 1.88 |
| मेल | mela | 0.63 |
| Mela in the Bengali language | ||
| মেলা | mela | 96.88 |
| মেলারানী | melarani | 3.13 |
| Mela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻪ | mlh | 87.5 |
| ﻣﻞ | ml | 12.5 |
| Mela in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଳା | emala | 65.33 |
| େମଲା | emala | 24.12 |
| େମଲ | emala | 8.54 |
| ଲାକା | laka | 0.5 |
| େମେଲ | emela | 0.5 |
| Mela in the Russian language | ||
| Мела | mela | - |
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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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- 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 Mela
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