Melabi Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Melabi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 96 | 1:481,041 | 24,996 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Melabi (681) may also be a first name.
Melabi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melabi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melabi is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melabi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melabi is the 1,795,579th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Melabi is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Melabi are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Melabi is also the 317,248th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 681 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 481,041. In Kenya Melabi is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 94 percent are found, Busia County, where 4 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 5 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 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
- 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 Melabi
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