Melafe Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Melafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Melafe (100) may also be a first name.
Melafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melafe is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Melafe is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Melafe reside; 43 percent reside in Central Africa and 43 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 946,056th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 100 people.
The last name Melafe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 67 percent live and Littoral Region, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 43 percent live and Iran, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melafes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Melhafe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Melaf | 91 | 3 | / |
| Meleafeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meliafeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melhaf | 83 | 353 | / |
| Malafe | 83 | 57 | / |
| Melgaf | 83 | 40 | / |
| Melafa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Molafe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Melife | 83 | 9 | / |
| Melefe | 83 | 8 | / |
| Metlaf | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mehlaf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Melofe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Melafi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Melhaffey | 80 | 0 | / |
| Malafey | 77 | 280 | / |
| Malafei | 77 | 183 | / |
| Mehlhaf | 77 | 117 | / |
| Melhaff | 77 | 42 | / |
| Melaphe | 77 | 29 | / |
| Melahfi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mehlaff | 77 | 5 | / |
| Molafei | 77 | 4 | / |
| Malafeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Malafee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mujlafe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mahlafe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malafej | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melafoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malaffe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melab | 73 | 1,182 | / |
| Milaf | 73 | 121 | / |
| Melof | 73 | 19 | / |
| Melaw | 73 | 7 | / |
| Melav | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mehlhaff | 71 | 822 | / |
| Mealiffe | 71 | 84 | / |
| Mehloufe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moleafie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malaffeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maelofea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mehlhafs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malaffey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mesloufe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Molefe | 67 | 97,934 | / |
| Melhab | 67 | 800 | / |
| Melova | 67 | 611 | / |
| Melaab | 67 | 254 | / |
| Malefe | 67 | 189 | / |
| Meilof | 67 | 175 | / |
| Meloff | 67 | 106 | / |
| Malafi | 67 | 72 | / |
| Mileaf | 67 | 47 | / |
| Malafy | 67 | 37 | / |
| Meylof | 67 | 25 | / |
| Molafi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Meelab | 67 | 9 | / |
| Malofe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Meelaw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Milgaf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Melhof | 67 | 4 | / |
| Milaff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Molofe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mehlahaff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mylife | 67 | 2 | / |
| Melgav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meliaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melaàb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melàab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melabh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melaiv | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Melafe
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