Melaine Surname
Approximately 1,358 people bear this surname
Melaine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| Algeria | 291 | 1:132,754 | 18,038 |
| France | 204 | 1:325,602 | 49,364 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Mélaine (1) are calculated separately.
Melaine (9,220) may also be a first name.
Melaine Demographics
Melaine Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Melaine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melaine is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Mélaine. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaine? popularity and diffusion
It is the 283,643rd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,366,381 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Melaine are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 64,668th most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 9,220 people.
The surname Melaine is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 770 people, or 1 in 17,652. Not including Chad it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 21 percent are found and France, where 15 percent are found.
Melaine Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Melaine earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 USD per year.
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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 Melaine
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