Melaim Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Melaim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 504 | 1:76,650 | 12,195 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Melaim (112) may also be a first name.
Melaim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melaim is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaim? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melaim is the 607,405th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Melaim reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 885,979th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 112 people.
The surname Melaim is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 76,650. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Sétif Province, where 81 percent live, Tébessa Province, where 18 percent live and Biskra Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Algeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
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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 Melaim
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