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
Average Melake Salary in
United States
$41,573 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melake (Arabic: ميلاك, Marathi: मेळके) is found most in Ethiopia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melake? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 48,251st most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 681,461 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Melake are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Melake is also the 57,609th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 10,969 people.
The last name Melake is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 10,464 people, or 1 in 9,322. Other than Ethiopia Melake occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Melake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melake has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melake last name grew 1,333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melake Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Melake last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with 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
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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 Melake
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