Melack Surname
Approximately 671 people bear this surname
Melack Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 658 | 1:80,458 | 8,263 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Melack (151) may also be a first name.
Melack Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melack Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melack (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﻙ) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melack? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 492,802nd most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 10,860,724 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Melack reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 151 people.
Melack is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 658 people, or 1 in 80,458. In Tanzania Melack is mostly found in: Katavi Region, where 75 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 23 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melack Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melack in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻼﻙ | mlak | - |
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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 Melack
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