Melake Surname
Approximately 10,694 people bear this surname
Melake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 10,464 | 1:9,322 | 1,414 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Eritrea | 25 | 1:190,076 | 185 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Lesotho | 11 | 1:184,778 | 13,836 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Melake (10,969) may also be a first name.
Melake Demographics
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Melake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melake (Arabic: ميلاك, Marathi: मेळके) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melake? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melake is the 48,251st most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 681,461 people. The last name Melake is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Melake live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Melake is also the 57,609th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 10,969 people.
The surname Melake is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 10,464 people, or 1 in 9,322. Outside of Ethiopia it exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
Melake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Melake has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melake surname grew 1,333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melake Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Melake surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Melake earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 31.28% less than the national average, earning 237,817 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.65% less than the national average, earning $41,573 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.86% less than the national average, earning $35,840 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melake in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळके | melake | 71.43 |
| मेलके | melake | 28.57 |
| Melake in the Arabic language | ||
| ميلاك | mylak | - |
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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 Melake
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