Melak Surname
Approximately 11,477 people bear this surname
Melak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 10,947 | 1:8,911 | 1,365 |
| Poland | 173 | 1:219,704 | 28,713 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| Algeria | 50 | 1:772,631 | 41,429 |
| Russia | 39 | 1:3,695,463 | 185,353 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Melak (5,202) may also be a first name.
Melak Demographics
Average Melak Salary in
United States
$73,906 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melak (Hindi: मेलका, Marathi: मेलक, Oriya: େମଲାକ, Russian: Мелак) occurs most in Ethiopia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melak? popularity and diffusion
Melak is the 45,226th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 634,970 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Melak live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 93,855th most prevalent given name globally, borne by 5,202 people.
The surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 10,947 people, or 1 in 8,911. Outside of Ethiopia this last name exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Melak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Melak last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Melak earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 71.28% more than the national average, earning $73,906 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melak in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलका | melaka | - |
| Melak in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलक | melaka | - |
| Melak in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଲାକ | emalaka | 64.29 |
| େମଲକ | emalaka | 12.5 |
| େମଳକ | emalaka | 8.93 |
| େମଲାକ୍ | emalak | 7.14 |
| େମଲକା | emalaka | 3.57 |
| Melak in the Russian language | ||
| Мелак | melak | - |
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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 Melak
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