Melako Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Melako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melako (33) may also be a first name.
Melako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melako is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melako? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melako is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Melako are found; 20 percent are found in Central Africa and 20 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 33 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Niger, where 20 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 Melako
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