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 surname Melafe is found most in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Melafe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melafe? popularity and diffusion
Melafe is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Melafe occurs mostly 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 numerous forename world-wide, borne by 100 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Melafe is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 67 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 43 percent are found and Iran, where 14 percent are found.
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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