Melab Surname
Approximately 1,182 people bear this surname
Melab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 916 | 1:42,174 | 7,513 |
| France | 195 | 1:340,629 | 51,332 |
| Kenya | 55 | 1:839,635 | 32,298 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melab (976) may also be a first name.
Melab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melab is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Melab click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melab? popularity and diffusion
Melab is the 317,070th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 6,165,436 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Melab reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 257,954th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 976 people.
This last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 916 people, or 1 in 42,174. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 20 percent reside, Sétif Province, where 18 percent reside and Tiaret Province, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Algeria Melab exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Melab
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