Melai Surname
Approximately 1,795 people bear this surname
Melai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 697 | 1:87,743 | 15,184 |
| Ukraine | 351 | 1:129,694 | 18,292 |
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| France | 138 | 1:481,324 | 67,982 |
| Indonesia | 110 | 1:1,202,265 | 84,863 |
| Liberia | 85 | 1:51,865 | 4,614 |
| Malaysia | 81 | 1:364,126 | 19,261 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72 | 1:113,246 | 15,376 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Melai (1,002) may also be a first name.
Melai Demographics
Average Melai Salary in
Italy
€16,408
Per year
Average Salary in
Italy
€30,030
Per year
Melai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melai (Hindi: मेलई, Marathi: मेळई) occurs in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 226,224th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,059,914 people. The last name Melai is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Melai live; 39 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 39 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 254,172nd most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 1,002 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Italy, where it is held by 697 people, or 1 in 87,743. In Italy Melai is most frequent in: Tuscany, where 80 percent are found, Lazio, where 10 percent are found and Veneto, where 3 percent are found. Barring Italy this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 20 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
Melai Last Name Statistics demography
Melai earn a lot less than the average income. In Italy they earn 45.36% less than the national average, earning €16,408 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melai in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलई | mela'i | 93.55 |
| मेलाई | mela'i | 6.45 |
| Melai in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळई | mela'i | 33.33 |
| मेलाई | mela'i | 33.33 |
| मेलई | mela'i | 33.33 |
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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 Melai
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