Melaca Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Melaca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 15 | 1:194,270 | 13,224 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Melaca (30) may also be a first name.
Melaca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melaca is held by more people in Albania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Melaca reside; 67 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 30 people.
The surname Melaca is most commonly occurring in Albania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 194,270. In Albania Melaca is most numerous in: Shkodër County, where 87 percent live and Lezhë County, where 13 percent live. Other than Albania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent live and Kosovo, where 4 percent live.
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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 Melaca
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