Melah Surname
Approximately 687 people bear this surname
Melah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 179 | 1:116,028 | 13,362 |
| Nigeria | 169 | 1:1,048,182 | 43,882 |
| Indonesia | 120 | 1:1,102,077 | 79,449 |
| Algeria | 100 | 1:386,316 | 33,655 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Melah (1,621) may also be a first name.
Melah Demographics
Melah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Melah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﺢ, Hindi: मेलाह, Marathi: मेलह) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 484,164th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 10,607,782 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Melah live; 27 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 191,769th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 1,621 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 116,028. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 72 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 11 percent reside and Centre Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Melah is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
Melah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melah surname expanded 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Melah last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Melah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melah in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलाह | melaha | - |
| Melah in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलह | melaha | - |
| Melah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﺢ | mlh | 80 |
| ﻣﻼﺣﺔ | mlaht | 20 |
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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 Melah
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