Melaba Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Melaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 417 | 1:424,803 | 21,997 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 1:26,365 | 5,164 |
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Melaba (146) may also be a first name.
Melaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melaba has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 662,685th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. The last name Melaba occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Melaba live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Melaba is also the 763,528th most numerous first name globally It is held by 146 people.
The last name Melaba is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 417 people, or 1 in 424,803. In Nigeria Melaba is mostly found in: Benue, where 99 percent reside, Lagos, where 0 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 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 Melaba
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