Melaia Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Melaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | 136 | 1:1,786 | 437 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Georgia | 9 | 1:416,172 | 16,412 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Melaia (852) may also be a first name.
Melaia Demographics
Average Melaia Salary in
South Africa
R 1,596,230
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Melaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melaia (Georgian: მელაია) is carried by more people in Abkhazia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melaia is the 1,267,784th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Melaia reside; 80 percent reside in West Asia and 75 percent reside in Abkhazo-West Asia. It is also the 279,236th most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 852 people.
Melaia is most widespread in Abkhazia, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 1,786. In Abkhazia it is most frequent in: Tkvarcheli District, where 54 percent are found, Gali District, where 29 percent are found and Sukhumi District, where 12 percent are found. Beside Abkhazia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and Georgia, where 5 percent are found.
Melaia Last Name Statistics demography
Melaia earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 571.71% more than the national average, earning R 1,596,230 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melaia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melaia in the Georgian language | ||
| მელაია | melaia | - |
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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 Melaia
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